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  • Shoehorn!
    Die With Your Boots On
    • Oct 2003
    • 22872

    #1

    Ever wonder how a multibillion dollar company starts out

    Here you go, the beginnings of PayPal.

    http://web.archive.org/web/199911281...com/index.html
  • Jeff aka NIGHTfall
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2003
    • 5162

    #2
    cool link, thanks man

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    • rounders
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2003
      • 2931

      #3
      nice! wonder if they all drive ferraris now
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      • =^..^=
        Confirmed User
        • Jan 2002
        • 6935

        #4
        haha - "beam" money

        scotty, beam my funds!
        #RememberYourRoots #AaronMForGFYHOF

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        • Shoehorn!
          Die With Your Boots On
          • Oct 2003
          • 22872

          #5
          Originally posted by rounders
          nice! wonder if they all drive ferraris now
          A few of them do. Two of my friends are the oens that started it, the ex-CEO drives a CLK 320 and my other friend drives an Audi. But the old CEO of x.com, which was later bought out by PayPal, had a McLaren, but crashed it.

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          • Shoehorn!
            Die With Your Boots On
            • Oct 2003
            • 22872

            #6
            Originally posted by =^..^=
            haha - "beam" money

            scotty, beam my funds!

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            • shogun3k
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2004
              • 480

              #7
              hahah, nice to see even the gretest start somewhere.

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              • Baal
                Confirmed User
                • Jan 2002
                • 696

                #8
                Originally posted by shogun3k
                hahah, nice to see even the gretest start somewhere.
                Heh, anyone remember "x.com"? What a waste of a domain. And Yes, there is a a tye-in here.

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                • Shoehorn!
                  Die With Your Boots On
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 22872

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Baal


                  Heh, anyone remember "x.com"? What a waste of a domain. And Yes, there is a a tye-in here.
                  I just barely remember x.com. I pretty much always remember it redirecting to paypal. The guy who started x.com is now funding some space thing, like those space tours where civilians can buy a ride into space. Needless to say he made out pretty fucking well.

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                  • =^..^=
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jan 2002
                    • 6935

                    #10
                    Originally posted by TheSmutPeddlerDOTcom


                    ....space tours where civilians can buy a ride into space. ...
                    does that happen a lot?
                    i never heard much about it
                    i know civilians can go in the planes in russia with zero G

                    I remember when I was kid hearing they were gonna start selling tickets to the moon..they first person to buy a ticket was Michael Jackson

                    they should have taken him up and left him there
                    #RememberYourRoots #AaronMForGFYHOF

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                    • Shoehorn!
                      Die With Your Boots On
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 22872

                      #11
                      Originally posted by =^..^=


                      does that happen a lot?
                      i never heard much about it
                      i know civilians can go in the planes in russia with zero G

                      I remember when I was kid hearing they were gonna start selling tickets to the moon..they first person to buy a ticket was Michael Jackson

                      they should have taken him up and left him there
                      Only a couple people have gone into space I think, and it was through a Russian program if I remember correctly. This guy is trying to start similar in the United States. Also, the people who went into space already did it through the Russian government I think, whereas this guy is trying to do it as a private company.

                      Maybe Michael Jackson can get the honor of going first, and being the first person lef tin space on "accident."

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                      • erehwon
                        Confirmed User
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 3759

                        #12
                        This is where I start feeling old, I remember being part of the beta on beaming money between Palm Pilots and envisioning the day when I can stop carrying a wallet, and just beam the parking meter, or soda machine and it would be debited out of my bank account.

                        Oh well, its just like every other program out there, who would have thought I would have a Paypal debit card back then.
                        Money NEVER $leep$...

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                        • Odin88
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 3267

                          #13
                          http://web.archive.org/web/199811111...://google.com/

                          Even better. Motherfuckers, look how far they've come!

                          "Index contains ~25 million pages (soon to be much bigger) "

                          No kidding:

                          http://web.archive.org/web/199811111....stanford.edu/

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                          • Manowar
                            jellyfish  
                            • Dec 2003
                            • 71528

                            #14
                            Originally posted by TheSmutPeddlerDOTcom
                            Here you go, the beginnings of PayPal.

                            http://web.archive.org/web/199911281...com/index.html
                            someone found the way back machine

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                            • DavePlays
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                              • Jan 2003
                              • 1088

                              #15
                              Ever wonder how a multibillion dollar company starts out ?


                              One man's idea.
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