PayPal
American worldwide online payments system
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Videos Mentioning PayPal
Reid Hoffman & Michael McCullough Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A past company where Reed Hoffman was EVP, nicknamed 'firefighter in chief', later purchased by eBay for $1.5 billion.
Whitney Cummings Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
The company whose sale proceeds (180 million) Elon Musk famously reinvested into his other ventures.
Samy Kamkar Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A payment processing company mentioned as a modern example of a 'Gateway' through which credit card transactions flow.
Noah Kagan Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
An online payment system that Peter Thiel co-founded and where he also famously invested early money into Facebook.
E59: Twitter's content warning algo, equity audits, politicians trading stocks, Fed's next move
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a company that denied service to users based on political affiliations.
E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
All-In Podcast
An online payments system, also mentioned by Chamath as a previous product he was involved in, comparing Callin positively to it.
How to Be a Great Founder with Reid Hoffman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 13)
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a startup that navigated challenging periods and pivoted its strategy (e.g., from Palm Pilots to email sync).
Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5)
Y Combinator
A company focused on online payment systems, used as an example of a successful monopoly that started in a niche market.
Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
An online payments system co-founded by Elon Musk, which he sold early on to fund new ventures like SpaceX and Tesla, demonstrating a strategy of using capital from one success to build another.
Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #224
Lex Fridman
Online payment system used by Travis to sell his 'Guide to NumPy' directly to users worldwide.
Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A large company that uses JavaScript heavily and influences the standards body for web development.
Why You Should Leave Your FAANG Job
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a company that had a research lab which was later shut down, illustrating the risk of working on projects that may never ship.
Why You Shouldn't Copy Your Tech Idols
Y Combinator
A financial technology company co-founded by Elon Musk. Mentioned as another early venture where Musk focused on rapid wealth accumulation.
Balaji Srinivasan at Startup School 2013
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a company with founders involved in alternative societal structures like Peter Thiel's seasteading and Elon Musk's Mars colony.
YC SUS: Michael Seibel and Eric Migicovsky discuss How to Launch an MVP
Y Combinator
Mentioned alongside eBay as an example where a service became so mainstream on a platform that shutting it down caused backlash.
Why This Is The Perfect Time To Start A Startup
Y Combinator
The company Peter Thiel had recently sold before making his startup offer to Gary.
YC SUS: Eric Migicovsky hosts founder office hours
Y Combinator
A payment processing system suggested as a simpler alternative to cryptocurrency for Trackport's payment automation, offering marketplace functionality.
Startup Investor School Day 4 Live Stream
Y Combinator
One of SV Angel's first companies invested in, demonstrating early success.
Ron Conway at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a successful early investment by Ron Conway.
Why Now Is The Best Time To Build In Crypto
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of Fintech 1.0, representing the era when consumers first became comfortable paying for things online.
Keith Rabois - How to Hire
The Art of Hiring
A company where Keith Rabois started his career and implemented hiring philosophies, including hiring friends and focusing on critical talent density.