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Shout out to fintech startups! PayPal incubator challenge is here
The challenge was launched in 2013 in partnership with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). “Enabling and…
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Payments giants like PayPal and Amex are helping transform how we shop with bets on startups like Klarna, Rent the Runway, and Instacart. Here's what they're investing in and why.
Corporate venture capital (CVC) arms of banks, insurers, and payments companies, are also investing…
Shannen Balogh
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Honey faced rejection from VCs for 2 years before a group of seed investors put in $1.8 million. Now some are celebrating 300x returns after it sold for $4 billion.
Honey, a startup that makes a browser extension for online shopping, just sold to PayPal for $4 bil…
Melia Russell
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PayPal explores crypto takeovers including Goldman-backed startup BitGo, report says
No deal has been finalized yet, and talks could still fall through as PayPal may seek other targets…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Meet The PayPal Mafia, The Richest Group Of Men In Silicon Valley
The picture above features some of the most poorly dressed men of the 2000s. Behold the outsized sp…
Dave Smith
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The diner who has left waiters thousands of dollars as Tips for Jesus reveals himself to be a millionaire tech exec in the 'PayPal Mafia'
On Thursday, The New York Post reported that Selby had been spotted leaving a $5,000 tip after…
Kate Taylor
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This Deck From PayPal Shows How 7 Rules Of 'Lean Scaling' Saved The Company From Bureaucratic Paralysis
So PayPal decided to go back to its startup roots. The company now works smarter and faster. It has…
Jillian D'Onfro
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Former PayPal Exec: This Is The 'John Sculley Era' Of PayPal And It Should Break Off Of Ebay
Rabois also says that he thinks that eBay is wasting time and effort responding to all of Carl Icah…
Jillian D'Onfro
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PayPal pumps in ₹305 crore in Indian logistics platform Shiprocket
The latest infusion of capital brings Shiprocket's total funding to $94.3 million. A part…
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In A Leaked Email, PayPal President Angrily Tells Employees Who Didn't Install The PayPal App To Quit
Product usage data is similar. Employees in other offices hack into Coke machines to make them acce…
Jillian D'Onfro
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Top fintech VCs explain how PayPal missed a golden opportunity, and why they wouldn't invest in LendingClub today
"Obviously, there is a right time for VCs to invest and there is a time where it is too late," the …
Dakin Campbell
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PayPal is in early-stage talks to buy crypto asset security firm Curv for half a billion, reports say
Founded in 2018, the US-Israeli firm is based in New York and has research and development offices …
Shalini Nagarajan
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One of PayPal's early employees said his biggest takeaway from working with Elon Musk is that he's never doing only one thing at a time
Jason Portnoy spoke with "The Tim Ferriss Show" about working at PayPal, of which Elon Musk was the…
Stephen Jones
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Only 2 of YouTube's earliest employees are still at the company — here's what YouTube's first 10 employees are up to now
YouTube has come a long way since 2005. Back then, YouTube had only 10 employees, plus cofounders C…
Avery Hartmans
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Former PayPal Exec: eBay Should Just Rebrand As PayPal
"Change the logos, change the paint, change the T-shirts, and you get the same value basically as s…
Jillian D'Onfro
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New PayPal Exec Blasts Fellow Employees In Late-Night Tweets
According to his Twitter account, Agrawal was at Jazz Fest in New Orleans when he started calling o…
Jillian D'Onfro
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The 'PayPal Mafia' formed in the early 2000s, and includes everyone from Elon Musk to the Yelp founders. Here's where the original members have ended up.
Here's a rundown of the most prominent members of this exclusive group and what they're up to two d…
Tami Brehse
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Top Venture Capitalist Keith Rabois Shares His 8 Principles For Building A Company
Keith Rabois, a successful venture capitalist at Khosla Ventures and former PayPal and Square exec,…
Rebecca Borison
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PayPal's President Scolds Employees For Not Using PayPal
Marcus's words drew both praise and criticism from social users. We think he has a point. PayPal is…
John Heggestuen
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Here's why Elon Musk is the most impressive member of the 'PayPal mafia'
On the second day of the Launch Conference in San Francisco, Thiel was asked by moderator Jason Cal…