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Notes from the Road: Day 2 (or “I talk too much”)
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
I talk too much. That much is evident after another day on the road. Anyone that has met me knows this already but you know it’s bad when I actually notice it too.
I started the day at 8:30 this morning, moving from the internal communications group, where I spent the majority of my day [...]
Notes from the Road: Ich bin ein Berliner…
Monday, August 25th, 2008
… Well, for a few days at least. I arrived in Berlin late last night and have just finished my first day here at the German offices of eBay.
Today was a day of meeting and greeting with different folks; putting names to faces, etc. I plan on presenting the eBay Ink overview again tomorrow [...]
UPDATED: A Follow Up On Payments
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Timing, they say, is everything. I had no idea 3 months ago, when I booked my European trip, that we would be announcing these key changes to the eBay Marketplace this same week. On top of that, the two-day period when I’m celebrating the marriage of my little (not so little anymore I guess at [...]
Small Change. Big Change.
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
According to the MicroPlace Small Change Big Change site, the piggy bank pictured below holds about $100 in small change and that is about what it takes for a poor person to start a business and work his/her way out of poverty.
Catching up with the Nomad
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Three weeks ago I profiled Rebecca Campbell (aka “The Nomad”) before she set off on her 33-day trip around the world.
In the first half of her trip around the world, Rebecca has:
- Traveled over 45,000 miles
- Visited 22 airports, taken 11 flights (90% of them long haul)… That’s a flight every 1.72 days
- Traveled [...]
Online Classified Information
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
There has been a lot of discussion over the past few weeks about the redacted complaint made public by eBay regarding its lawsuit with Craigslist and, more recently, with Craigslist’s lawsuit with eBay filed last week. I have been approached by a number of Ink readers and employees at eBay asking me why I have [...]
Welcome…
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
… to yet another corporate blog.
Last month an interview ran on FORTUNE Small Business online that captured a discussion I had with beat reporter Brandi Stewart regarding the launch of the new eBay corporate blog you are now reading. In it, I emphasized my goal to be as honest and open as possible - and [...]
