You’ve probably heard the incredible story of the PayPal Mafia from the early 2000s. This group of 20 and 30-year olds first built a fintech giant and then went on to create some of the world’s most valuable tech companies. Without PayPal there would be no Tesla, LinkedIn, SpaceX, Yelp, YouTube, Palantir or Affirm. And those are just what I call PayPal’s first-order ventures. It ignores any investment checks written by PayPal alums, including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

How did PayPal manage to gather so many high-caliber individuals during such a pivotal time period? As I look to build a team of high-achievers myself, I’ve become obsessed with this idea. Is it possible to build a PayPal Mafia today? If so, how would we do that? In this video I explore what it takes to build the next generation’s PayPal Mafia.

- ABOUT PROBABLY SOMETHING -
Hey, I'm Kunal. I'm a Swedish founder in NYC and ex-investment banker (Lazard M&A). You can think of this as my personal business blog, but in video format.

I create videos about finance, business strategy, M&A and mental models to help me better understand our complex business world. Through my work, I've mostly covered tech, media, healthcare, sports and holdcos so those are naturally the topics I gravitate towards.

My goal is to constantly challenge myself to become a better business operator, investor and thinker by studying world class founders, financiers and investors. I hope this channel will help you do the same.

Just sharing what I'm learning along the way and documenting my journey - nothing on here should be considered financial advice.

Feel free to reach out: kun.chauh@gmail.com

-Kunal Chauhan

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