Executive Thoughts – Archives
Marc Andreessen Joins eBay Inc’s Board of Directors
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Marc Andreessen has joined eBay’s board of directors, effective immediately.
Andreessen is most noted for co-founding Opsware and Netscape, and served as AOL’s CTO immediately following its acquisition of Netscape. His current venture is Ning, a new consumer Internet company founded in 2004 that is focused on building a next-gen platform for social networking. Rather [...]
A Meeting of the minds: eBay, Microsoft, Google, IBM, HP… and me
Friday, September 26th, 2008
This coming Monday, September 29, eBay Research Labs will be hosting technology and research heads from Google, Microsoft, IBM, HP, SAP, Accenture and PARC for its second annual ResearchFest event.
eBay to Launch AdCommerce program for Sellers
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Advertising on eBay has come a long way since the first AOL deal 9 years ago. To prove it, later this Fall, eBay will roll out a Beta program for sellers in Germany and the US that will give them another way to increase visibility in the online marketplace. eBay AdCommerce is the latest advertisting [...]
Some Needed Clarification
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Over the weekend, AuctionBytes.com ran a story under the headline: “eBay’s Operation Catalog Flies under the Radar”. It generated a number of responses (at last count 89 comments) and I received a few emails from folks asking about the validity of the post.
Even though I knew the meat of the post was primarily speculative and, [...]
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 [...]
