[getsat]

  We are working hard to make Stripe available outside the United States.

What does this even mean? You've been saying this for a long time now. Is there really no other status update besides this? Why not be a bit more transparent about the process to people who want to give you money?

[brandnewlow]

Because people who say "Do this, I want to give you money" often turn out to:

a. Not really have money to give. b. Not really want to give money.

And frankly, "getting money" is probably low on Katherine's list right now. She has a product roadmap that she's executing on and doesn't want to be pulled away from. The money stuff will come later if she charts the right course.

It's counterintuitive at first, but as an entrepreneur, once you get burned a few times creating a feature or changing course due to a request from "someone who wants to give you money", you start learning to tune out the folks who demand stuff with that kind of domineering urgency. I've found this very difficult on my end and have people on my team help spot when to tune people out so I can get better at it.

[getsat]

(For the record, I'm not talking about Katherine's business; I'm talking about Stripe.)

I'm not disputing that, and I totally agree with your points, however unrelated to my questions they are. I'm not even going to use Stripe (as I have nothing that could utilise it at present), but I keep seeing that line appear over and over on this site.

People are going to get tired of being led on at some point. Something as simple as "We're handling regulatory/bureaucratic issue X at present in country Y" would be tremendously transparent compared to their handling of the situation at present.

The Stripe team is failing on this point.

[brandnewlow]

They raised a gajillion dollars from A-list investors and have the most incredible team I've ever seen on their "About" page. That's enough for me to think they'll figure it out and to give them time.