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Lessons from the PayPal Mafia
What do you get when you put Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and a dozen hungry misfits into one high-stakes startup?
You get PayPal. And it was absolute f*cking chaos.
I just dropped a full interview with Jimmy Soni, the guy who wrote The Founders, the greatest book on PayPal’s rise. Yes for REAL greatest, it took him like 4 years….
Here’s what we get into:
How Elon Musk hired top-tier A-players and pushed them beyond limits
How they dominated affiliate marketing
The wild work ethic that had them sleeping under desks and emailing users one-by-one
Why brutal internal rivalries actually made the product better
The extreme beef between X and Confinity, before they merged and became PayPal
World domination index….
If you're a business owner, this is loaded with lessons you can actually implement. No fluff.
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P.S. I’ve got a new video coming next week on Arnold Schwarzenegger and how he became world-class in 3 different industries. It’s a blueprint anyone can follow to build legacy. His story is INSANE, i’m so hyped!! Did a lot of research in the archives for this one…
Also Jimmy is kind enough to give my audience a free copy of his book. Just e-mail him quickly, only a few copies left: [email protected]