Archive for April 21st, 2006
Bank of America Earmarks $10 Million for Entrepreneurs
Inc.: Bank of America is pumping $10 million into the Opportunity Finance Network, a national group of 167 financial firms that promote investment and lending for small businesses in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods across the nation. The new funding, announced earlier this week, will give a boost to enterprises that might not otherwise have access [...]
Entrepreneur: Do you like to be outside or on the computer? Do you like to make things or fix things? Would you rather hang out with animals or kids than anyone else? To help you get a feel for the world of possibilities awaiting you, we’ve selected nine business ideas that should suit any teen [...]
webpronews: Although revenue increased by 35 percent compared to the same quarter last year, net income for eBay moved down by three percent as stock-based compensation expenses impacted the bottom line. EBay has not accounted for stock options before in its financial numbers. By treating the $58.3 million of stock-based compensation as an expense, net [...]
One Day At A Time: It has come to my attention that ebay no longer allows the sale of Teacher’s Edition Textbooks. The claim I’ve been hearing through the message boards is that non-teachers, namely students, are buying the answer keys for their own use. So what? If it is a college student, that person [...]
Variety.com: EBay is finally ready for primetime. After years of trying to break into television, the Internet auction giant is working with ABC and Tom Mazza’s Madison Road Prods. on a feel-good reality show dubbed “Make It Happen.” Alphabet wouldn’t confirm anything, but casting has already begun and the show could be on the air [...]
eBay in talks with Yahoo and Microsoft?
MicYahBay? Wall Street Journal via John Battelle: EBay Inc. is talking to both Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to determine whether one of them might be a worthy ally against a common threat: Google Inc. After years of working closely with the search giant, eBay last year became alarmed as Google started assaulting its turf [...]
Village Voice: When it comes to bidding on eBay, we’ve always held ourselves to a strict $20 limit. Granted, this means we’re largely restricted to throwaway costume jewelry, discarded Smurf memorabilia, the first five episodes of 21 Jumpstreet on VHS (complete with bad ’80s Fruit Roll Up commercials). But overall, we’ve been fine with this�or [...]
Problems During Business Start-up Can Mean Success Later
NFIB: People always want their start-up company to be immediately profitable, but sometimes a little struggle at the beginning can be the best-case scenario. Why? Because when things go too smoothly right from the start, two dangers can emerge: Owners and employees may become complacent, thinking that it will always be as easy to make [...]
WSJ: Blogs have a lot of buzz, but there’s still considerable debate about whether that can translate into profits. While many blogs remain little more than amateur diaries, several bloggers have tried to parlay their online ramblings into branded businesses. One, Jason Calacanis, co-founded Weblogs Inc., a network of blogging sites that was acquired last [...]
