Re: Test post2
On a sunny spring Friday, a sec
On a sunny spring Friday, a sec
On a sunny spring Friday, a section of parking lot in a Palo Alto office complex is clear of cars, and 170 or so youthful dotcom survivors sit attentively in white plastic folding chairs. It looks like a graduation ceremony. Trees are blooming, birds are chirping, people are squinting. Peter Thiel, their sandy-haired, 33-year-old CEO, takes the podium in a white PayPal T-shirt and faded Levi's. His purpose today is to announce that their company is on track to turn aprofit by early fall, a major milestone. After running through revenue and expense numbers for the 18-month-old Internet payments service - the first to let people exchange real money via regular email - he
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