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The Founders

Name: The Founders
Brand: Atlantic Books
SKU: 9781786498311
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Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the Story of PayPal

By Jimmy Soni

Summary

The Founders by Jimmy Soni delves into the origins and evolution of PayPal, one of the most influential tech companies. It recounts the challenges faced, the innovations introduced, and the dynamic teamwork behind its success. The book also explores PayPal's significant impact on the digital economy and its role in shaping the future of finance.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the early days of tech giants and the personal stories behind groundbreaking business ventures. It offers a deep dive into the challenges, triumphs, and strategies of visionary entrepreneurs, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit.

The Founders

The gripping inside story of Paypal, the company that created the digital age as we know it.

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A fascinating page-turner... An indispensable guide to modern innovation and entrepreneurship. - Walter Isaacson, no. 1 bestselling author of Steve Jobs

Perfect for readers of Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and Zero to One by Peter Thiel.

Out of PayPal's ranks have come household names like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, and Reid Hoffman. Since leaving PayPal, they have formed, funded, and advised the leading companies of our era, including Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir, and LinkedIn, among many others. Yet, for all their influence, the incredible story of where they started has gone largely untold.

In The Founders, award-winning author Jimmy Soni narrates how a once-in-a-generation collaboration turned a scrappy start-up into one of the most successful businesses of all time. Facing bruising competition, internal strife, the emergence of widespread online fraud, and the devastating dot-com bust of the 2000s, their success was anything but certain. But they would go on to change our world forever.

Informed by hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to thousands of pages of internal material, The Founders explores how the seeds of so much of what drives the internet today were planted two decades ago.

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The Founders by Jimmy Soni, in the Business & Entrepreneurship category, has received high praise for being a compelling and deeply informative narrative about the creation of PayPal. Reviewers commend the book for its in-depth reporting, brilliant storytelling, and insightful exploration of the close-knit networks that drive Silicon Valley's innovation and entrepreneurship. It is noted for shedding light on the early lives of influential tech innovators and providing a clear, engaging account of how modern digital advancements were shaped.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786498311

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 January 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Atlantic Books

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 423g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Jimmy Soni is an author and editor who has worked for the New York Observer, the Washington Examiner and HuffPost, among others. With Rob Goodman he is the author of Rome's Last Citizen and A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, which was nominated for a National Book Award. He lives in New York.