>>> you may not have heard of john colson or his company, stripe, but investors have. the irish wonder is one of the most promising new entrepreneurs in years. cullisson sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with our reporters, john schwartz of "usa today" and hannah cool. letter from the financial times, this week on press here. good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. an elite group of silicon valley investors ranging from elon musk to peter teal have sunk a great deal of money into two irish brothers barely out of high school. clearly, there is something going on here we need to know more about. john cullisson and his older brother, patrick, had their first success in their teens, selling their first software company for $5 million. enough to become the talk of the town in their home of limerick. but it's when they came to san francisco and their second startup when they achieved the kind of success measured with a b, naz billion. their financial service startup, stripe, has raised enough funding to be valued at $1.75 billion. stripe make it's easier for merchants