TY - BOOK AU - Soni,Jimmy TI - The founders: the story of PayPal and the entrepreneurs who shaped Silicon Valley SN - 9781501197260 PY - 2022/// CY - New York, NY PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Musk, Elon. KW - Thiel, Peter, KW - PayPal (Firm) KW - Businesspeople KW - California KW - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) KW - Technological innovations KW - Electronic funds transfers equipment industry KW - United States KW - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) KW - Economic conditions KW - 21st century KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -