[P2P-F] Pay Pal Wars

Tue Feb 8 09:20:19 CET 2011

forwarded Thomas,

if youwrite anything on it, do let me know,

Michel

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Thomas Greco <thg at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Hey Michel,
>
> I've almost finished reading the book you loaned me. What a valuable
> resource it is.
> Here's what I just posted on the Skype dialog, Open Collective:
>
> Hey, I've been reading Pay Pal Wars by their former director of marketing,
> Eric Jackson. I was not aware of the revolutionary vision of PayPal founder,
> Peter Thiel. Jackson's book is a very  engaging story and enlightening
> document. See a big piece of it at Google Books.
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=Jtr3ThHeTEMC&lpg=PP1&dq=paypal%20wars&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false
> I strongly encourage you to read at least Chapter 1, as well as the last
> Chapter, "Sell Out" and the Epilog.
> This book was published in 2004, shortly after Pay Pal sold out to eBay.
> There are many lessons to be learned from the Pay Pal experience about what
> it takes to bring a significant innovation to market and to scale.
> We need to find news ways of doing that which do not depend upon
> conventional business models or VC financing.
>
> Share it around if you wish.
> Tom
>
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