Fast: An Autopsy

Fast: An Autopsy
Why the Stripe-backed checkout startup failed, and what we can learn from it
Kevin LaBuz
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7 min read·
Apr 17, 2022
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Photo by Jason Blackeye on UnsplashFailure is a great teacher. Fast, a high profile one-click checkout startup backed by Stripe, went belly up on April 5th. The company’s failure offers lessons for investors and operators.
Fast 101: Passwords Don’t Scale
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Written by Kevin LaBuz
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Head of IR & Corporate Development at 1stDibs. Previously finance at Etsy, Indeed, and internet equity research at Deutsche Bank. Find me on Twitter @kjlabuz.
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