The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth

Good book...excellent 4 the MBA class I am taking.
Great price on Amazon, quick delivery.

This was more like a novel than a business book. And that is a good thing. The story is written in such a way that you want 2 know what will be next 4 the little company that could.

A must read 4 anybody interested in business or strategy, or just a really cool story.

It was witty, entertaining & extremely smart.

Gave me an excellent perspective of starting & running a start-up.

Eric Jackson's Paypal Wars reads like a novel & offers an insightful look into the early days of Confinity. Brought in as an early impromptu marketing employee, he stuck with company until its final sale 2 eBay. As part of this process, he describes the early struggles of the company, the continuous fight against Billpoint, the enormous problem of fraud, & even some corporate politics.

PayPal is an interesting company even if just 4 the fact that it survived the dot com crash. But they also managed 2 raise hundreds of millions in venture capital, fought off eBay on their on turf, & managed 2 go through an IPO & several mergers. As you can tell, the storyline is exciting, & Eric Jackson does a great job of documenting it in this book. For a technology entrepreneur, this should prove 2 be a captivating read.

THE PAYPAL WARS appeared as a limited-release hardcover in 2004 & received acclaim as one of the best business books of the decade: its wider release as a trade paperback with new, expanded material included is a 'must' not just 4 libraries strong in business, but 4 those with healthy computer sections - thus it's reviewed here, so computer holdings don't miss it. It recreates the launch of an online payment service in 1999 which was the first 2 allow money transfers via the Internet - & it covers the successful rise of the company against overwhelming odds. Of particular note here is the first-person insights into how companies create & hone successful business strategies & compete in the face of overwhelming obstacles.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

When Peter Thiel & Max Levchin launched an online payment website in 1999, they hoped their service could improve the lives of millions around the globe. But when their start-up, PayPal, survived the dot.com crash only 2 find itself besieged by unimaginable challenges, that dream threatened 2 become a nightmare. PayPal's history – as told by former insider Eric Jackson – is an engrossing study of human struggle & perseverance against overwhelming odds. The entrepreneurs that Thiel & Levchin recruited 2 overhaul world currency markets first had 2 face some of the greatest trials ever thrown at a Silicon Valley company before they could make internet history.

Business guru Tom Peters, author of "In Search of Excellence," called the hardcover edition of The PayPal Wars "a real page turner" that featured what he called "the best description of business strategy unfolding in a world changing at warp speed." This new paperback edition features updated material & even more insights on the state of internet commerce.