In 2010, two Irish kids set out to pull off the biggest upset in Silicon Valley history.
With one email to Paul Graham and a simple hack, they built a $95B company.
Here's the crazy story:
At 16, Patrick and John Collison built software for eBay
☀️How Stripe Secured Its First Funding: A Pre-Seed Success Story
In 2010, brothers Patrick and John Collison had a vision to simplify online payments. Their startup, Stripe, aimed to provide developers with seamless tools to accept payments.
But ge
Let's Discuss Payal Mafia and Some Famous Names behind this 🚀♥️🤑
•The PayPal Mafia is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and/or developed additional technology companies, collectively impacting the tech industry
Peter Thiel on Why Founders Should Rethink the Lean Startup Approach
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, has a critical view on the Lean Startup methodology.
While he acknowledges its benefits, he argues that modern founders may rely too heavily on
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This isn’t just a lawsuit.
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In 2011, Peter Thiel started giving people money to drop out of college.
The result?
$250B produced in value.
Figma, Ethereum, Loom, and over 250 companies were born.
Here's how one man destroys the traditional education system :
Peter Thiel, c
This man trusted Mark Zuckerberg when nobody else did.
He invested $500,000 into Facebook and it became $1 BILLION.
Now, he's betting it all on a new trend that could kill humanity.
Here’s how Peter Theil spots opportunities before everybody else:
The most successful founder network ever:
"The PayPal Mafia"
They turned a payment startup into a multi-billion dollar empire.
Here's their playbook:
It started with a bold bet in the late 1990s.
Two ambitious startups merged: Confinity and X. T
What Peter Thiel Looks for Before Joining a Startup
Peter Thiel says the people you work with are more important than anything else. He asks:
“Do you like them? Could you be friends with them?”
He shares a story about a law firm where “everyone ha
Peter Thiel on the type of company more startup founders should build
Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, believes every startup should ask, “Can this company become a monopoly?”
He identifies three common paths to monopoly:
1. Fast distributi
