Wednesday 2 July 2014

How the 'PayPal Mafia' redefined success in Silicon Valley

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My favorite quote from this week's top story came from Yammer CEO David Sacks, "Basically, we were kicked out of our homeland and they burned down our temple. So, we were scattered to the four corners of the globe, and we had to make new homes."

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