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The PayPal mafia

Chapter 1

The birth of PayPal

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Chapter 2

The secret sauce of PayPal

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Chapter 3

Building the modern web

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Chapter 4

Reaching for the stars

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Master of The PayPal mafia

Ch 1 · The birth of PayPal
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PayPal Mafia, oh yeah! Built an empire, filled with flare! Tesla, YouTube, LinkedIn bright! Changed the tech world, day and night!

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The PayPal Sandbox

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Fun Fact

PalmPilot payments: In 1999, the first PayPal transaction was sending three million dollars from a venture capitalist's PalmPilot to Peter Thiel's device.

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The fierce battle with X.com

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Glossary
cryptography (noun)
The science or practice of coding and decoding information so that it remains secure. In 1999, Peter Thiel and Max Levchin used this technology to secure their initial digital payment product.

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Quiz

In which month and year did PayPal first go public on the stock market?

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Gossip

Whose leadership style would you prefer to work under?

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Quiz

In what year did Peter Thiel and Max Levchin co-found their digital encryption startup?

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Quiz

Where was Elon Musk traveling when the PayPal board voted to replace him as CEO?

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Quiz

What was the original name of the company that later became PayPal?

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Quiz

What was the name of Elon Musk's online financial services startup that merged with Confinity?

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Quiz

Which e-commerce giant purchased PayPal in 2002 for 1.5 billion dollars?

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Quiz

How much money did eBay pay to acquire PayPal in 2002?

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Quiz

Which device was PayPal originally designed to send encrypted money between?

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