Well that 3M funding round came from someone else, so he likely didn’t have too much say in the rename. I believe he started Globallink with. 28k from emeralds he stole and pawned from his dad. Then he got another 100k later in the story of funding from his dad.
But yeah… he isn’t great at coming up with names… after that he started “x.com” which would later merge with another company that forced him to rename it to “Paypal”
I think these details are all correct, but I am remembering from a Behind the Bastards podcasts and some articles I read. It’s been a while so the specific amounts might be off a bit.
Wow, he fucking sucks at renaming companies.
Well that 3M funding round came from someone else, so he likely didn’t have too much say in the rename. I believe he started Globallink with. 28k from emeralds he stole and pawned from his dad. Then he got another 100k later in the story of funding from his dad.
But yeah… he isn’t great at coming up with names… after that he started “x.com” which would later merge with another company that forced him to rename it to “Paypal”
I think these details are all correct, but I am remembering from a Behind the Bastards podcasts and some articles I read. It’s been a while so the specific amounts might be off a bit.