The PayPal Wars
The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth(2004) is a book by formerPayPalmarketing executiveEric M. Jackson.
Description
[edit]The PayPal Warsis an insider's perspective on the people and events that helped create the company, and its acquisition byeBayin 2002. The book recountsPayPal's clashes with lawyers, regulators, and theMafia.[1]Many of PayPal's founding employees went on to start other companies likeLinkedIn,Tesla Motors,YouTube,andYelp, Inc.;[2]they would become known as thePayPal Mafia.
Critical reception
[edit]The PayPal Warsreceived acclaim for its writing style and personal narrative.The Washington Timessaid the book is "an absorbing insider's story."[3]Reason Magazinesaid that it "reads like a spy novel."[4]Tech Central Stationsaid that "It's rare that a business book is a page turner, butThe PayPal Warsis. "[5]Tom PeterssaidThe PayPal Wars"gives the best description of 'business strategy' unfolding in a world changing at warp speed."[6]
Editions
[edit]- The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth,World Ahead Publishing,ISBN0-9746701-0-3
References
[edit]- ^"Pay Pal Wars".World Ahead Publishing.2006. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-06-11.Retrieved2017-12-16.
- ^"The PayPal Exodus - Forbes".Forbes.2006-07-21. Archived from the original on 2006-07-21.Retrieved2017-12-16.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"20th-century evils, Silicon Valley wars".The Washington Times.2005-02-12. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-03.Retrieved1 December2022.
- ^"Who Killed PayPal?".Reason. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-07-24.Retrieved2013-08-27.
- ^Henderson, David R. (2005-03-14)."The Paypal Wars".TCS Daily.techcentralstation. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-30.Retrieved2013-08-27.
- ^"Tompeters! Management consulting leadership training development project management".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-11-11.Retrieved2017-06-02.
