A card-reader company became one of 11 agents.

11 agents run America's small businesses. One of them started out selling terminals to restaurants in Boston.

The Chair: Plan revenue is 8% of the total now. Our agent holds 46% of what our owners know.

The Chair: Stripe has offered 3x our value. It wants the agent, the line and every swipe.

The Buyer: We already move the money behind half your agents' orders. Moving you seems tidy.

Outcome: Won the relationship

You stopped charging for the plan and favored no terminal or lab. Owners poured their restaurants into your agent. Now Stripe wants it.

One path that gets here

A · Then Toast IQ does all of it. $499 moreB · Stop fighting. Let every agent write to ToastA · The kitchen. Every agent's order fires through usB · The line and the memory. Any lab reads it

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Other endings where you win the relationship

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