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To: Paul Heinzman
No, I didn't think you were dissing me but it did bring back memories of PayPal. BTW, check out this PODCAST interview with Jack Selby. The first seven minutes are about the early days of PayPal. As you will hear, that idea of using Palm Pilots to "beam" payment really didn't work out. Plus Jack also states that they didn't take off until they oriented PayPal towards auctions payments. And they didn't do that until YOURS TRULY contacted Selby and suggested orienting specifically towards eBay auctions and using PayPal auction banners. From that point on, PayPal went thru the roof in terms of subscribers and ended up becoming the primary method for online payments.

Any enterprising business reporter out there is welcome to dig into this account of what really made PayPal a success.

29 posted on 05/18/2008 1:11:50 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List ---The BIGGEST on the FR!!!)
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To: PJ-Comix
He talks a lot about RFID, which has fallen into what the Gartner Group calls "the trench of disillusion." I think it will stay there for a while; even Walmart couldn't make it work.

You have good ideas. Practical ideas. You should register an LLC and sell them.

Don't give away your wisdom. Sell it, man!

33 posted on 05/18/2008 2:44:43 PM PDT by Paul Heinzman (Out of chaos comes comedy.)
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