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Soni, Jimmy,

The founders : the story of PayPal and the entrepreneurs who shaped Silicon Valley / Jimmy Soni. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xx, 474 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-474).

Part 1: Sicilian defense -- Building blocks -- The pitch -- The right questions -- "What matters to me is winning" -- The beamers -- Hosed -- Money talks -- Part 2: Bad bishop -- If you build it -- The widget wars -- Crash -- The nut house coup -- Buttoned-up -- The sword -- Ambition's debt -- Part 3: Doubled rooks -- Igor -- Use the force -- Crime in progress -- Guerrillas -- World domination -- Blindsided -- Outlaws -- And all i got was a t-shirt -- Conclusion: the floor.

"A definitive look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team--including Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others whose stories have never been shared. They have defined the modern world. This experience defined them."--Amazon.

ISBN: 9781501197260 1501197266

Subjects--Personal Names:
Musk, Elon.
Thiel, Peter, 1967-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
PayPal (Firm)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Businesspeople--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Technological innovations--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Electronic funds transfers equipment industry--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Economic conditions--21st century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.