Comments on: The eBay Shuffle http://gigaom.com/2006/07/06/ebay-management-shuffle/ The Business of Technology Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:09:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Kris Tuttle http://gigaom.com/2006/07/06/ebay-management-shuffle/#comment-56182 Kris Tuttle Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:50:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/ebay-management-shuffle/#comment-56182 <p>Well eBay is after all a big company and I expect it is run like one. Doing a big dilutive acquisition certainly sends a message to those inside. Guys who start firms like PayPal and Skype seem unlikely to want to work for such an outfit. The company seems to be stuck with a so-so positioning in the market and with investors. What are they?</p> Well eBay is after all a big company and I expect it is run like one. Doing a big dilutive acquisition certainly sends a message to those inside. Guys who start firms like PayPal and Skype seem unlikely to want to work for such an outfit. The company seems to be stuck with a so-so positioning in the market and with investors. What are they?

]]> By: Ashish Sinha http://gigaom.com/2006/07/06/ebay-management-shuffle/#comment-56180 Ashish Sinha Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:32:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/ebay-management-shuffle/#comment-56180 <p>Well, this is just the tip of iceberg. Google will face more of such competition from Microsoft and others… What would make sense is that Google should get serious about creating its own marketplace too (base needs to be worked upon!)</p> <p>More <a href="http://ashish-sinha.blogspot.com/2006/07/ebay-chucks-out-googles-checkout.html" rel="nofollow">here</a></p> Well, this is just the tip of iceberg. Google will face more of such competition from Microsoft and others…
What would make sense is that Google should get serious about creating its own marketplace too (base needs to be worked upon!)

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]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2006/07/06/ebay-management-shuffle/#comment-56175 Rick Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:04:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/ebay-management-shuffle/#comment-56175 <p>You would think EBay would have had $2B worth of planning written in harder stone. This would concern me greatly as an investor, because the shuffle shouts messages of uncertainty or questionability. Not what I want to hear from a diluted stock.</p> You would think EBay would have had $2B worth of planning written in harder stone. This would concern me greatly as an investor, because the shuffle shouts messages of uncertainty or questionability. Not what I want to hear from a diluted stock.

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