. >> my name is catherine boyle and i'm a general partner at andreessen horowitz. i'm here to welcome author jimmy soni to discuss his story "the founders: the story of paypal and the entrepreneurs who shaped silicon valley". and it's especially wonderful to be here because i knew jimmy in my early 20s and this book takes place talking about a group of people who support each other and work really hard together and have been lifelong friends meeting after college, in their early 20s so it's special for me as a former fellow journalist and writer.because we share that time as well in the founders jimmy packs unpacks the history of paypal from a startup to one of the biggest tech companies in the world. hit he tells us of the unsung heroes, extreme competition and huge challenges faced by the company as it fought to implement currency. will be covering a lot and we encourage you to put the question in the chat . we love to source some audience questions at the end. we'llget in your questions at the end but for now welcome jimmy . >> thank you for having me and i hone

. >> my name is catherine boyle and i'm a general partner at andreessen horowitz. i'm here to welcome author jimmy soni to discuss his story "the founders: the story of paypal and the entrepreneurs who shaped silicon valley". and it's especially wonderful to be here because i knew

my name is catherine boyle, and i'm a general general partner and andreessen horowitz. i'm pleased to be here today to welcome author jimmy sony to discuss his new book the founders the story of paypal and the entrepreneurs who shape silicon valley and it's especially wonderful to be here because i knew jimmy in my early 20s, and this book really takes place talking about a group of people who supporting each other and worked really hard together and have been lifelong friends meeting after college meeting in their early 20s, so it's very special for me as a former

my name is catherine boyle, and i'm a general general partner and andreessen horowitz. i'm pleased to be here today to welcome author jimmy sony to discuss his new book the founders the story of paypal and the entrepreneurs who shape silicon valley and it's especially wonderful to be here because i knew jimmy in my early 20s, and this book really takes place talking about a group of people who supporting each other and worked really hard together and have been lifelong friends meeting after college meeting in their early 20s, so it's very special for me as a former fellow journalist and writer to be interviewing him because because we shared that time together as well, but in the founders jimmy unpacks the long and difficult journey of paypal from a barely known startup to one of the largest tech companies in the world and a household name and it he tells us the unsung heroes extreme competition. it and huge challenges faced by the company as it fought to implement cashless currency back when few dare to try. so we'll be covering a lot in the next hour and we encourage