Booktv. Org slash afterwards. My name is catherine boyle, and im a general general partner and andreessen horowitz. Im 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 its 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 its 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 impl
Founders the story of paypal and the entrepreneurs who shaped Silicon Valley. Its especially wonderful to be a because i knew jimmy in my early 20s, and this book really takes place talking about a group of people who support each other and work really hard together and then lifelong Friends Meeting after college, meeting in the early 20s so its very special for me as a former fellow journalist andg w writer to be interviewing himge because we share that time together as well. Lt but in the founders jimmy unpacks the long and difficult fjourney a paypal from a barely know started to one of the Largest Tech Companies in the world and a household name. In it details of of the Unsung Heroes extreme competition and future challenges faced by the company as a Party Opponent cashless curtsy back when a few dared to try. We will be covering a lot and next hour and we encourage you to put the questions in the chat on youtube. We would love to get audience questions at the end. Well be getting
Melissa we are starting off tonight with an exclusive on a company in overdrive. Tesla motors is the talk of the town and as the stock speeds higher it is already up an astonishing 336 so far this year. Wow, good for them. This week elon musk and investors are flying even higher. Teslas model s just received the best safety rating of any carver. A little earlier i spoke to tesla board member from d. C. Giant draper fisher, in a fox business exclusive. So, steve, welcome to the show. Very exciting day. The model s just received five stars from the national highway Traffic Safety administration. By five stars, i mean five in every single category which never happened before. In fact, the roof of the model s was so strong, that when it was tested by the roofcrushing machine, it broke the machine, not the other way around. I mean this is really astounding. The car though, is really expensive. And i wonder, did you go too far . Should have saved some money . Well, i dont think anyone who dr
International outrage over the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria is growing tonight. Now there are reports that not only were hundreds of residents killed, Emergency Responders including nurses have also died. The alleged attack happened in a the suburb of damascus. Here is what we know now. Al jazeera cannot independently confirm the videos and it is still unclear whether chemical weapons were used. Reporter images of syrian civilians dead and wounded from alleged Chemical Attacks are bringing new calls for military intervention. In france the foreign minister says the International Community must respond with force. Translator frances position means there must be a reaction. Not sending troops on the ground, but a reaction. Not only international condemnation, but a reaction that could take the shape of the use of force. Were still focused on nailing down the facts. If these reports are true, it would be an outrageous and flagrant escalation of the use of chemical weapons by t
The job. Theme International Outrage is growing this morning over an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian Government. One of syrias closest allies, russia is now calling for the rashad regime to allow inspectors to investigate. Hundreds of civil yeps died in the assault outside damascus. Some doctors and nurses who treated the victims died from second rather exposure. The Syrian Government is denying the accusations. Attention is drown to the syrian conflict and increasing human toll of approximate three year civil war. Hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled the country in recent weeks, many now living in refugee camps in jordan. The u. N. Announced more than 1 million children have been forced to flee the country. The situation seems urgent, but as we report, urgent action is not being taken. Images of syrian civilians dead and wounded from alleged Chemical Attacks are bringing new calls for military intervention. In france, the foreign minister says the International Com