7
Corporate Alumni
Networks
The Mutual Benefi ts of
Lifelong Alliance
LinkedIn. Tesla. YouTube. Yelp. Yammer. SpaceX.
What do all these companies have in common?
They’re not just examples of innovation and mas-
sive fi nancial success. All of them were founded by the
alumni of a single company: PayPal.
Lifetime employment might be over, but a lifetime
relationship remains the ideal, and as the alumni of
PayPal know better than anyone, it can be extremely
valuable. Unlike the free agency model, the alliance
can and should persist even after an employee’s fi nal
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