When my cousin Kenny told me about how he was starting Paypal, I was fresh off the boat from high school in Nigeria and had barely begun using the internet, so

When my cousin Kenny told me about how he was starting Paypal, I was fresh off the boat from high school in Nigeria and had barely begun using the internet, so this sounded very magical. And it truly was, because it really felt futuristic when college friends would pay each other back by giving cash online. When I proudly told them my cousin was at Paypal, it impressed the non-geeks just as much as the geeks because it was so easy for everyone to sense the impact of this technology.