2021 Morning Fireside Chat
Reaching into the Digital Wallet

In this fireside chat, Bill Aulet, the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, will be joined by Dhivya Suryadevara, the Chief Financial Officer of Stripe.  In this conversation, you will hear about:

    • Dhivya’ s transition from a Fortune 25 icon (General Motors) to a Silicon Valley startup (Stripe)
    • How digital infrastructure is still in its infancy, and why it is an under-utilized enabling technology
    • The importance of capital efficiency for both growth and agility
    • How Stripe’s relatively low margins impacts its business model during a period of hyper-growth
    • Stripe’s role in the increased platformization of the global economy