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[Max Levchin/Peter Thiel]
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[Elon Musk]
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[Image]
Peter Thiel
By Heisenberg Media / Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/nrppXC

Max Levchin
By Financial Times / Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/andm4Q

Luke Nosek
By Loic Le Meur / Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/dYH9RT

Russell Simmons
By Ash90291 / Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/7Cammy

Yu Pan
By Origin Protocol / YouTube
https://youtu.be/5zsz1wUFmps

Scott Banister
By SSDP / YouTube
https://youtu.be/EBgqARxaUU8

Bill Harris
By Bloomberg Technology / YouTube
https://youtu.be/lS_As5E4Dsg

Justine Wilson
By TedX Talks / YouTube
https://youtu.be/OxA0LESuUDE

John Kothanek
By LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kothanek-0637b3/

Dave Gausebeck
By Matterport
https://investors.matterport.com/management/dave-gausebeck/

David Sacks
By Robert Scoble / Flickr
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PayPal S1 paperwork
By PayPal / Securities and Exchange Commission
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PayPal Homepage 2002
By PayPal / InternetArchive.org
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PayPal San-Jose Headquarters
By Sagar Savla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PayPal_San_Jose_Headquarters.jpg

Apartment
By smalljude / Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/8gAr9u

eBay home page, 2002
By eBay / Web Design Museum
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Hobee’s
By Juan Z. / Yelp
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PalmPilot
By Rama & Musee Bolo
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The PayPal Mafia
By Fortune
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Buck’s Restaurant
By Intel Free Press
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Nokia Logo
By Nokia
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nokia_wordmark.svg

Russell Simmons
By AngelList
https://angel.co/p/russel-simmons

Ebay Logo
By Ebay
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EBay_former_logo.svg

Palm Pilot
By Rama & Musée Bolo
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palm-IMG_7025.jpg

PayPal Logo
By PayPal
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PayPal_logo.svg

Billpoint Logo
By Icon Ape / Billpoint
https://iconape.com/billpoint-logo-logo-icon-svg-png.html

Google Logo
By Google
https://www.google.com/

X.com Logo
By 13angle / X
https://13angle.com/who-is-elon-musk/
Sequoia Capital Logo
By Sequoia Capital
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sequoia_Capital_logo.svg

LA Times Logo:
By Los Angeles Times
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Los_Angeles_Times_logo.svg

NYT Logo
By New York Times
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewYorkTimes.svg

PayMe Logo
By PayMe
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PayMe_from_HSBC_wordmark.svg

PayDirekt Logo
By PayDirekt
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paydirekt_logo.svg

PayPlace
By PayPlace
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[Video]
PayPal Q2 2021 Earnings Results
By PayPal / YouTube
https://youtu.be/oZYysKlAGgQ

More Ways to PayPal
By PayPal / YouTube
https://youtu.be/JSqw2YeZ0c8

Startup2Startup: Paypal Mafia 2.0 (Part 2)
By Startup2Startup / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbB_kPh7A4I

Anti-piracy Ad - Piracy. It’s a Crime.
By Media Graveyard / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FtE0S-IyY0

Computer Chronicles - Windows 98 (1998) and interview with creator of Linux
By The Computer Chronicles / InternetArchive.org / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3s0_yf2mS4

Elon Musk First Interview 1999
By Elon Musk TV / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5zEFi3m7rA

Elon Musk Opens up About Getting FIRED as Paypal CEO | Paypal's Biggest Mistake (2008)
By Elon Musk Universe / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19lj_mPj0Zc

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture
By Stanford University eCorner
https://ecorner.stanford.edu/contributor/elon-musk/?search&paged=1&facet_series=etl&facet_season&facet_category&types=video&duration#search-filters-anchor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afZTrfvB2AQ

This Week in Startups - David Sacks, CEO of Yammer
By This Week in Startups / Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYA_vdHSD8w

Interview with Max Levchin, Paypal
By BBC Studios / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9NCCE540Gg

Peter Thiel: Going from Zero to One
By Chicago Ideas / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZrL1RiuVI

Peter Thiel: You Are Not a Lottery Ticket
By SXSW / YouTube
https://youtu.be/iZM_JmZdqCw

PayPal Co-Founder Max Levchin: Studio 1.0 (02/05)
By Studio 1.0 / Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-02-06/paypal-co-founder-max-levchin-studio-1-0-02-05-

1999 Palm IIIe PDA - The future was in the palm of your hand
By VWestlife / YouTube
https://youtu.be/thwCGJl997s

Peter Thiel on “The Straussian Moment”
By Hoover Institution / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRleB034EC8

More Ways to PayPal
By PayPal / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSqw2YeZ0c8

2020 Global impact report
By PayPal / YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5CW3yxHOpU

The Computer Chronicles - The Virtual University (1998)
By The Computer Chronicles / YouTube
https://youtu.be/X_U2uB8MVsE

The Computer Chronicles - E-Mail Tips (1997)
By The Computer Chronicles / YouTube
https://youtu.be/r9mlK3IiB1k

How to Start a Startup: Lecture 5 - Competition is for Losers (Peter Thiel)
Nigel Hembrow / YouTube
https://youtu.be/-oKjLVECMKA

Faster Net Access
By The Computer Chronicles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mERTLBl3LG4

Toys R Us 1991
By btm0815ma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZilFWyB8zPA&ab_channel=btm0815ma

Commercials of the Dot Com Bubble | Late 90s/Early 2000s Internet and Tech Company Ads
By Microsoft Sam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qGk7oU2WSg&ab_channel=MicrosoftSam
[Websites]
CTV News
https://www.ctvnews.ca/

BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news

Old Ebay
By Wayback Machine
https://archive.org/web/

Google Maps
By Google
https://www.google.com/maps
[Articles]
PayPal Cracks Down on Business Accounts
By Cnet / Greg Sandoval
https://www.cnet.com/news/paypal-cracks-down-on-business-customers/

Lisa Napoli- NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/17/business/compaq-buys-zip2-to-enhance-altavista.html

Debora Vrana- LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-20-fi-55683-story.html