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Changing the Business Model

Max Levchin and Peter Thiel, Paypal

Though Paypal launched the Palm model and the internet model at roughly the same time with roughly the same number of customers, the internet model took off while the Palm side remained stagnant. Consequently, Paypal shifted its company focus toward the internet model.