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Books : The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet EarthIn association with Amazon.comby: Eric M. Jackson  List Price: $15.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.85 You Save: $5.10 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 332.178 EAN: 9780977898435 ISBN: 0977898431 Label: World Ahead Publishing Manufacturer: World Ahead Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 270 Publication Date: November 30, 2006 Publisher: World Ahead Publishing Studio: World Ahead Publishing Sales Rank: 26704 Related Items:
Editorial Review: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good for the MBA class I am takingGood book...excellent for the MBA class I am taking. Great price on Amazon, quick delivery. Rating: - A business book, and a page turner? - Yes!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. Rating: - The best book I have ever read.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. Rating: - From the frontlines of startupsEric 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. ... Read More Rating: - The successful rise of the company against overwhelming odds.THE PAYPAL WARS appeared as a limited-release hardcover in 2004 and received acclaim as one of the best business books of the decade: its wider release as a trade paperback with new, expanded material included is a 'must' not just for libraries strong in business, but for those with healthy computer sections - thus it's reviewed here, so computer holdings don't miss it. It recreates the launch of an online payment service in 1999 which was the first to allow money transfers via the Internet - and it ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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