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| The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric M. Jackson
Publisher: World Ahead Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 132293
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 270
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0977898431
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.178
EAN: 9780977898435
ASIN: 0977898431
Publication Date: November 30, 2006
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Product Description
When Peter Thiel and Max Levchin launched an online payment website in 1999, they hoped their service could improve the lives of millions around the globe. But when their start-up, PayPal, survived the dot.com crash only to find itself besieged by unimaginable challenges, that dream threatened to become a nightmare. PayPal's history as told by former insider Eric Jackson is an engrossing study of human struggle and perseverance against overwhelming odds. The entrepreneurs that Thiel and Levchin recruited to overhaul world currency markets first had to face some of the greatest trials ever thrown at a Silicon Valley company before they could make internet history. Business guru Tom Peters, author of "In Search of Excellence," called the hardcover edition of The PayPal Wars "a real page turner" that featured what he called "the best description of business strategy unfolding in a world changing at warp speed." This new paperback edition features updated material and even more insights on the state of internet commerce.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 Been a long time since I read a book this good. December 19, 2008
Exceptional book, a real page turner.
I gave it back to the friend I borrowed it from but will by my own copy to read again.
If you want to know what start-ups are all about and fast growth models - buy this book.
Good for the MBA class I am taking October 6, 2008
Good book...excellent for the MBA class I am taking.
Great price on Amazon, quick delivery.
A business book, and a page turner? - Yes! September 30, 2008
This was more like a novel than a business book. And that is a good thing. The story is written in such a way that you want to know what will be next for the little company that could.
The best book I have ever read. February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A must read for anybody interested in business or strategy, or just a really cool story.
It was witty, entertaining and extremely smart.
Gave me an excellent perspective of starting and running a start-up.
From the frontlines of startups May 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Eric Jackson's Paypal Wars reads like a novel and offers an insightful look into the early days of Confinity. Brought in as an early impromptu marketing employee, he stuck with company until its final sale to eBay. As part of this process, he describes the early struggles of the company, the continuous fight against Billpoint, the enormous problem of fraud, and even some corporate politics.
PayPal is an interesting company even if just for the fact that it survived the dot com crash. But they also managed to raise hundreds of millions in venture capital, fought off eBay on their on turf, and managed to go through an IPO and several mergers. As you can tell, the storyline is exciting, and Eric Jackson does a great job of documenting it in this book. For a technology entrepreneur, this should prove to be a captivating read.
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