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Jimmy Soni, his book The Founders, and the many lessons of Paypal

The Alchemy of Money

CHAPTER

Do You Know How to Get Ahead of the Dotcom Bust?

CNN.com's John Sutter looks at the rise and fall of three dotcom titans in his new book, "U x" He says they are not like tex titans; some had engineering experience or cut their teeth at other companies. They emerge from that success just as the dotcom bust has ended, he writes. The high bar is placed on aggressiveness, hard work, intellect, puzzle solving, a kind of disposition to want to find the answer right, said Sutter. 'I think luck's a part of the story for sure'

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