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Imagining eBay Live! 2009 – Atlanta

April 6, 2009

I’ve tried to imagine what some of the class topics would look like, along with a potential agenda – in light of all that’s happened since last year. This year’s theme would be a twist on previous themes. Instead of The Power of All of Us, for 2009 it will be The Power of Some of Us.

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Is eBay’s John Donahoe the Wizard of Oz?

January 22, 2009

As the news of eBay’s first-ever down quarter sinks in, John Donahoe has added his first memorable quote of 2009. During the earnings call for Q4 of 2008 he said, “While the holiday season was tough and competitive, our overall results for 2008 were strong.” What the…? Does John think small individual sellers care whether [...]

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eBay 2008: Year in Review – What a mess.

January 3, 2009

How big of a mess was it? Well, get yourself a coffee and let’s see if we can find anything even mildly amusing about what happened in 2008. Like the presidential election, the theme seemed to be “Change” at eBay too. I know a lot of it’s depressing, but work with me here… January Meg [...]

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