The transcript frames the PayPal Mafia as 'the first Mastermind' — not a casual dinner club but an operating system that produced outsized outcomes long after the company was sold. A real mastermind combines high-trust peers, shared stakes, and recurring contact so that ideas, hires, and capital circulate inside the group instead of leaking out.
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