A definitive look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team—including Elon Musk, David Sacks, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and others whose stories have never been shared.
About The Founders on Product Hunt
“The definitive story of the making of PayPal”
The Founders launched on Product Hunt on March 3rd, 2022 and earned 97 upvotes and 8 comments, placing #12 on the daily leaderboard. A definitive look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team—including Elon Musk, David Sacks, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and others whose stories have never been shared.
On the analytics side, The Founders competes within Amazon, Startup Books, Tech and Books — topics that collectively have 792.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how The Founders performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted The Founders?
The Founders was hunted by Nir Eyal. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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