Meet the PayPal mafia(money.cnn.com)
money.cnn.com
Meet the PayPal mafia
http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/13/magazines/fortune/paypal_mafia.fortune/
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sorry - first time I saw it
It doesn't mean new people to YC have read it. If it gets voted up (this article has 11 points as I post this) then it is news to someone (or 11 someones)
'hyperintelligent' please.
More like hyperlucky to get out of the dot-com boom of the late 90's with billions instead of millions.
More like hyperlucky to get out of the dot-com boom of the late 90's with billions instead of millions.
Lucky? They IPO'd after the crash with a profitable business. It's currently worth billions MORE than it was before- eBay got a great deal.
Yelp, YouTube, Slide, LinkedIn. All of these are Web 2.0. That doesn't even count what they've invested in on the side.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=79713
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84297