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This 4 page paper examines the Paypal IPO, the controversial lawsuit and the acquisition by Ebay. Speculation is included as to what might have happened had things been done differently. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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a new online method of payment has emerged and it is known as PayPal. The company that takes that name recently had a good initial public offering but only after
much difficulty. Further, the company was soon after acquired by Ebay. In the end, Paypal is fine, but the firm had encountered a series of setbacks. Had management done
things differently, it is possible that the road would not have been so bumpy. PayPal first filed the paperwork for its eighty million dollar IPO in 2001 (Elgin, 2001). It
is noted that PayPal is already a successful company so some might wonder why they want to go public in the first place (2001). They did not seem to need
the money at the time. Further analysis suggests that more money, and a successful IPO, would have put them in the spotlight; it would provide the firm with needed publicity
and an edge against the competition (2001). Another reason that is speculated as to why the firm wants to go public is that it was unsuccessful at literally selling itself
(2001). Paypal asked $700 million for the firm but no one would budge (2001). Simply filing papers to go public might light a fire under the potential buyers, causing them
to make a better offer (2001). In the end, it is a strategy that worked but not quite the way that it was intended. Also, at the time, if none
of the interested companies would bite and Paypal was bluffing, it could lose in the end (2001). Of course, Paypal did go public and Paypal was eventually acquired. However, something
else went terribly wrong. Paypal filed the papers. Then, the IPO was delayed because a rival firm named CertCo filed a lawsuit that suggests Paypal stole their idea; a patent
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