Executive Thoughts – Archives
A picture is worth a lot more than just words
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Well, the trip is almost over with just a visit to the Skype offices today on their 5th birthday to wrap it all up. My last day in Berlin was probably the most informative in terms of the different meetings I attended. It all started with the best picture of the trip so far. I [...]
Breaking News: eBay Announces Marketplaces Executive Changes
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Rajiv Dutta to retire from eBay; Lorrie Norrington to head eBay Marketplaces
Effective in October, Rajiv Dutta, President, eBay Marketplaces, will retire from the company. Lorrie Norrington will be succeeding Rajiv as President of eBay Marketplaces. She will report directly to eBay President and CEO John Donahoe. John announced it on the eBay Q2FY08 earnings [...]
UPDATED: eBay Inc Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
eBay reported second quarter 2008 earnings results a few minutes ago. The company posted second quarter revenue of $2.20 billion, up $361 million from the same period last year. Net income on a GAAP basis was $460 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income was $568 million, or $0.43 per diluted share. [...]
Positive news about Neutrals not being Negative
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
In my final blog post from eBay Live! I referenced a conversation I had with Marcia Cooper and Harvey Levine of GeneralEnterprises.net in which we talked at great length about a single neutral feedback negatively affecting their status on eBay given the recent changes to the Feedback system. As certified eBay Education Specialists, they [...]
No Phishing Allowed
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
eBay, PayPal and Google have partnered together to ensure that Google’s Gmail (https://mail.google.com) service will automatically detect PayPal and eBay phishing e-mails and prevent them from reaching your Gmail inbox.
“We’re very excited that Google has taken this step and is working with us to help protect your online safety,” said Michael Barrett, the chief information [...]
Skype’s Scott Durchslag Saying All the Right Things
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Newly appointed COO, Scott Durchslag sat down with Howard Wolinsky for the Skype Blog to discuss his new role, what brought him to the company and what Skype users can expect in the near future.
We will succeed or fail based on the decisions that we make now in terms of the culture that we [...]
eBay Launches “Call for Action” Campaign in Europe
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
eBay launched a long-term Call for Action campaign in Brussells yesterday, aimed at reforming the current European Union (EU) Competition, Consumer and Trademark Law. The launch meeting called on the EU to modernize competition, consumer and trademark law in order to address what it labeled “digital protectionism.”
The key speakers at the event (in the photo [...]
eBay Live! 2008… Day 2
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Another day is coming to a close here in lovely (but slightly overcast) Chicago and, with the exception of Monday night, I haven’t had a chance to see much of the city so I plan on getting out for a little R&R this evening… Before I do though, a few things to report on from [...]
2008 Annual Stockholder Meeting
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
One would think that a conference center in a hotel in downtown Chicago would allow you to connect to the outside world. One would think that and one would be wrong. I arrived at the ballroom at 7am this morning ready to set up my “blogging station” so I could report live from eBay’s annual [...]
eBay Mobile
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Lots of news coming out of the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference today. TechCrunch’s Erik Schonfeld teased a lot of new apps for the iPhone complete with a brief interview by Michael Arrington of eBay’s very own Alan Lewis speculating on the reasons behind Alan’s attendance - attendee or presenter?
Alan was indeed attending as a presenter. [...]
