Jimmy Soni Bücher

Die Gründer und ersten Mitarbeiter von PayPal – allen voran Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin oder Reid Hoffman – gelten heute als die mächtigsten Unternehmer der Technologiebranche. Als die führenden Unternehmer unserer Zeit gründeten, finanzierten und berieten sie Unternehmen von Weltrang, darunter Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir und LinkedIn. Doch trotz ihres enormen Einflusses ist die Geschichte ihrer Anfänge weitgehend unerzählt geblieben. Bevor sie den kommerziellen Wettlauf in der Raumfahrt entfachten oder den Aufstieg der sozialen Medien einleiteten, waren die heutigen Milliardäre nur unbekannte Gründer eines kleinen Online-Zahlungsunternehmens namens PayPal. In diesem Buch erkundet der preisgekrönte Autor und Biograf Jimmy Soni die turbulenten Anfangstage von PayPal. Mit Hunderten von Interviews und beispiellosem Zugang zu Tausenden Seiten internen Materials zeigt er, wie die Saat für so vieles, was unsere Welt heute prägt – schnell wachsende digitale Start-ups, bargeldlose Währungskonzepte, mobiler Geldtransfer –, vor zwei Jahrzehnten von einem einzigen kleinen Start-up gelegt wurde. Ein seltener, fesselnder und gleichsam unendlich spannender Blick hinter die Kulissen eines Unternehmens, dessen Gründer wahrhaft die Welt verändert haben.

A prize-winning biography of one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century: Claude Shannon, the neglected architect of the Information Age.

Why is political rhetoric broken-and how can it be fixed? Ranging from Cicero's Rome to modern polarization, Words on Fire is a new history of eloquence from political theorist and speechwriter Rob Goodman. It offers a powerful critique of today's political language-and shows how the struggle over the meaning of eloquence has shaped our world.

Cato grappled with home-grown terrorists, a public and private debt crisis, a yawning gap between rich and poor, and a fractious ruling class whose lives took on the dimensions of soap opera. He relentlessly opposed the rise of Julius Caesar, but his stubbornness led to the eventual fall of the Roman Republic. This book tells his story.

"A definitive look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team--including Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others whose stories have never been shared. They have defined the modern world. This experience defined them"--

"What does it mean to live beside an eroding democracy? As this powerful and timely book argues, that is the question that will shape the next generation of Canadian politics. As a congressional speechwriter in the United States, Rob Goodman watched firsthand as a rising authoritarian movement disenfranchised voters, sabotaged institutions, and made a coup thinkable for the first time in living memory. Now, as a political theorist who makes his home in Canada, he has an urgent warning for his adopted country: The same forces that have upended democracy in America and around the world are on the move in Canada, too. But Canada can protect its democracy by drawing on a set of political, cultural, and historical resources that are distinctly of this place. In Not Here, Goodman outlines four such resources. First, the rejection of the dangerous idea of one “real” Canadian people. Second, the refusal of political charisma and founder-worship. Third, a relatively strong social safety net that empowers neighbours to see one another as equals. And fourth, Canada’s longstanding search for independence from the great power with which it shares a continent. Today, that great power is a democracy in decline, and so asserting differences from the United States matters in this generation in a way that it has rarely mattered before. Canadian difference is not a curiosity, a luxury good, or a vanity item: it is a democratic immune system. Laying bare the historical roots of contemporary politics, and making an urgent case for action, Not Here is a roadmap for safeguarding a democracy under unprecedented threat."-- Provided by publisher

Wedged between Tibet and the exotic lands of Southeast Asia, Yunnan Province is one of the least known and most beguiling regions of China. This book covers the botanical wonderland; adventure travels; and World Heritage sites, including the 'Three Great Rivers' and the holy mountain Kawakarpo.

In a rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations must adapt to maintain and grow their market share. The software industry focuses on maximizing efficiency while minimizing resource use, employing various methodologies and principles, particularly software life cycle models. These models guide the development of software products across diverse project sizes and complexities. A case study of Acnosys Software Pvt. Ltd. illustrates how task managers select appropriate software process models to enhance product development and documentation before implementation.

The gripping inside story of Paypal, the company that created the digital age as we know it.

Grâce aux témoignages exclusifs d'Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman et beaucoup d'autres, Jimmy Soni nous raconte l'histoire de ces talents réunis dans l'aventure Paypal, qui vont par la suite façonner la nouvelle économie, jusqu'au concept de cryptomonnaie. " Putain Jimmy, tu me fais fouiller dans le grenier, là. " Elon Musk Aujourd'hui, les fondateurs et les premiers employés de PayPal constituent le réseau le plus puissant de l'industrie technologique. Depuis qu'ils ont quitté Paypal, ils ont formé, financé et conseillé les principales entreprises de notre époque, notamment Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir et LinkedIn. Ensemble, ils ont été le moteur de l'innovation et de l'esprit d'entreprise au XXIe siècle. Leurs noms attisent les passions ; ils sont aussi controversés qu'admirés. Pourtant, malgré toute leur influence, l'histoire de leurs débuts est restée largement inconnue. Avant de déclencher la course à l'espace commercial, racheter Twitter ou de relancer l'essor des réseaux sociaux, ils étaient les créateurs inconnus d'une start-up de paiement en ligne appelée PayPal. Leur succès était tout sauf certain et ne s'est pas fait sans accrocs.