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Faith & CultureI Closed My PayPal Account Today. You Should Too.
by Rod D. MartinOctober 10, 2022 I absolutely cannot believe this (for me, heartbreaking) day has...
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Big Tech, Censorship, and Why Big Business Leans Left
by Rod D. MartinJuly 28, 2020 From one of my appearances at the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center Summit in Washington, D.C. this...
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Elon Musk, Bernie Sanders, and What Socialism Has Already Cost Us
by Rod D. Martin February 12, 2016 Elon Musk just announced he’s going to Mars within 10 years....
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Don’t Fall For the Myth of First-Mover Advantage
First movers make mistakes. And that spells opportunity. From Rod’s Success Secrets. Click...
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On Work-Life Balance
From Rod’s Success Secrets. Click here for the rest of the ongoing series. by Rod D. Martin July...
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Rod Martin Interview With Joe Theismann
January 13, 2015 Rod’s interview with Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Theismann. Rod...
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How the PayPal Mafia Redefined Success in Silicon Valley
Being a part of this was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever done or will ever do....
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What PayPal’s Past Means for Bitcoin’s Future
My friend and colleague Eric Jackson co-authored a great piece today about the relevance of our...
Read MorePayPal’s “Staff Infection”
by Rod D. Martin February 18, 2014 Recently PayPal CEO David Marcus wrote an email to his staff that has spread far beyond San Jose, resulting (at least) in two Venture Beat stories and today an editorial at Fox Business. The...
Read MorePayPal Won’t Concede to Gay-Activist Pressure to Close Faith Groups’ Accounts
by Catherine Snow September 15, 2011 In an era of growing intolerance to Christian beliefs and corporate skittishness to pressure from gay activists, the world’s largest global electronic payments service provider says its...
Read MoreAn Interview With Rod D. Martin
In the first of an ongoing series of interviews with World Ahead’s authors and friends, our Founder and Publisher Eric M. Jackson sat down recently with Rod D. Martin, a World Ahead author and former colleague of Jackson’s...
Read MoreThe Next MoveOn.org?
by Stephanie Dube Human Events January 18, 2007 PayPal, the ubiquitous online payments service, has been in the news lately as much for its former employees as for its fast-growing business. From YouTube to LinkedIn, from...
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About Rod Martin
Rod D. Martin is a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and conservative activist from Destin, Florida.
Praise for Rod Martin
Peter ThielPayPal, Founders Fund, Facebook, PalantirRod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.