🧵 Delighted today to announce a partnership two years in the making: @UL, @Stripe, and many other companies are teaming up to launch Immersive Software Engineering, a new undergrad degree. software-engineering.ie How does it work? ISE students have a more intensive course load, but graduate in 4 years with a Masters degree and spend 45% of their time practicing software engineering at leading technology companies.

We've described Stripe for a few years as a global payments and treasury network; delighted to announce today more progress on the treasury front. wsj.com/articles/strip… .@benthompson goes deep on Stripe Treasury. I always like talking to Ben about such things because, having run a business himself, he groks the obstacles we're trying to knock down. stratechery.com/2020/stripe-pl…

Delighted to be working with @LightspeedHQ to simplify payments for their restaurants and retailers around the world! A few details: 🧵 @LightspeedHQ Lightspeed provides Point of Sale software and hardware for small businesses and restaurants. Fun fact: the computer store where I worked as a teenager used Lightspeed, so this partnership is a long time in the making!

🧵 Since 2008, loans made to small businesses have decreased in absolute terms by 41%. Banks have been pulling back from SMB lending. When businesses *can* get a bank loan, they spend an average of 25 hours on paperwork and wait weeks or months for approval.