The PayPal Wars

What happens when entrepreneurs build a better mousetrap? The government and business team up to put it out of business.

Eric M. Jackson’s book, The PayPal Wars: Battles With eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth, details the story of PayPal. The company was originally started with a vision of how technology could create an extra-governmental currency system. Soon, eBay and government regulators drove the company from its original goal. It’s a sad story and it ends when PayPal is ultimately bought out by eBay.

Posted by on September 6th, 2005 at 2:49 pm


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