The Founders
by Jimmy Soni
The definitive history of PayPal: Thiel, Musk, Levchin, Hoffman and the rest, the merger, the fraud fights, the eBay sale, and why so many of them went on to found or fund the next era. Thoroughly reported and genuinely instructive about teams.
Read it if…
you want to understand how one team produced so much of Silicon Valley.
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Skip it if…
you want a short read; it is long and detailed.
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Three things you will actually use
- Intense early teams compound for decades.
- Fraud and survival teach more than growth.
- Talent density beats everything.
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Note how the team handled the Musk-Thiel CEO switch and what it says about boards.
Our verdict
Definitive PayPal history.
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