The PayPal wars
Subtitle: battles with eBay, the media, the mafia, and the rest of planet Earth
By: Eric M. Jackson
Edition: [New edition].
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781936488599
Subjects: Electronic commerce; Electronic funds transfers equipment industry; Payment; PayPal (Firm)
Description: When a California hedge fund manager and a Ukrainian engineer launched an online payment service in 1999, they dreamed of overhauling the world's currency markets and improving the lives of millions. Their start-up survived the dot-com bust a year later only to find itself besieged by lawyers, bankers, Mafia, and even the auction site eBay--turning their quest to make Internet history into a desperate struggle for survival. Revised and updated, this critically acclaimed narrative by former insider Eric M. Jackson is the ultimate adventure in capitalism. Written like a novel, The PayPal Wars reveals how PayPal went from bleeding $10 million per month to becoming a financial powerhouse. It also sheds new light on eBay's current woes--and PayPal's pending showdown with Google.
Notes: "With a new section on Google's assault on PayPal"--Cover.

Original edition published 2004. Previous paperback edition published 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: The new recruit; title: Breakthrough; title: Mega merger; title: Growing pains; title: The producers; title: Revolution : PayPal 2.0; title: The monopolist strikes; title: High stakes; title: Earth vs. Palo Alto; title: To the brink; title: Sell out.