The PayPal Wars

The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth (2004) is a book by former PayPal marketing executive Eric M. Jackson.

Description

The PayPal Wars is an insider's perspective on the people and events that helped create the company and its acquisition by eBay in 2002. The book recounts PayPal's clashes with lawyers, regulators, and the Mafia.[1] It also provides background information on PayPal's battles with the Google Checkout payments system.[2] Many of PayPal's founding employees went on to start other companies like LinkedIn, Tesla Motors, YouTube, and Yelp, Inc.;[3] they would become known as the PayPal Mafia.

Critical reception

The PayPal Wars received awards and acclaim for its writing style and personal narrative. It won the Writers Notes Book Awards as the best business book of the year.[4] The Washington Times said the book is "an absorbing insider's story."[5] Reason Magazine said that it "reads like a spy novel."[6] Tech Central Station said that "It's rare that a business book is a page turner, but The PayPal Wars is."[7] Tom Peters said The PayPal Wars "gives the best description of 'business strategy' unfolding in a world changing at warp speed." [8]

Editions
  • The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth, World Ahead Publishing, ISBN 0-9746701-0-3
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References
  1. "Pay Pal Wars". World Ahead Publishing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  2. http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060731/BUSINESS/60729105/1149
  3. "The PayPal Exodus - Forbes.com". 2006-07-21. Archived from the original on 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2017-12-16.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "Comcast". Hopepubs.home.comcast.net. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  5. Washington, The (2005-02-12). "20th-century evils, Silicon Valley wars". Washington Times. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  6. "Who Killed PayPal?". Reason.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  7. Henderson, David R. (2005-03-14). "The Paypal Wars". TCS Daily. techcentralstation.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-11. Retrieved 2017-06-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).
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