[Balsamic]

I'm left thinking the only reason Paypal works is because the founders were too stupid to realize what they were getting into.

I'm not usually one for mantras, however "stay hungry, stay foolish" comes to mind.

[sriramk]

I somehow doubt the likes of Thiel, Levchin and the other early Paypal folks were 'stupid'. But then, they really didn't have to run it for a long period of time at eBay so maybe one has to question what eBay was thinking.