Archive for April 26th, 2006
Angie McKaig: Email seems to take on an even bigger role once you’re carving your own niche in the world, career-wise. I struggled against that for quite a while. In reality, all I really needed to know, from day one, were these simple things: Looks matter. Run a business, not an acquaintanceship. Emotions have no [...]
Paul Allen: What is the difference between failure and success in a startup company? Why do some companies develop a good product or service and use effective sales and marketing strategies to help customers and to generate revenue and profits and to grow a successful company while other companies fail somewhere along with way? I [...]
Marketwatch: EBay Inc. (EBAY) disclosed Tuesday that it has settled a class-action lawsuit claiming the company engaged in improper billing practices. According to a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, approved the settlement agreement. The plaintiffs agreed to dismiss the [...]
aka eBay Express BetaNews: eBay launched its instant buying service to supplement its normal auction listings Monday, hoping to lure more traditional e-commerce users to its service. First announced in January, eBay Express allows users to purchase from multiple sellers using a single shopping cart. The site is completely separate from eBay’s main auctions, and [...]
eBay’s Skype and music downloads
iPodNN: Ebay, following the launch of a new retail-like shopping service this week, may be preparing to enter the music download business through its Skype subsidiary and compete with Apple’s iTunes. Skype has inked agreements with EMI Music Publishing and Warner Music Group to sell music from its internet store, according to Forbes.com. EMI said [...]
TeeVBlogger: ABC and auction site eBay are teaming up for what is ostensibly a reality show about helping people, but upon further inspection sounds like a long form commercial for eBay. The new show, which has the working title of Make it Happen, will focus on families who have big dreams but a lack of [...]
silicon.com: eBay-owned internet payments outfit PayPal has announced it is venturing into the world of mobile payments. PayPal Mobile will launch in Canada, the UK and the US over the course of this month. Any PayPal user will be able to access the service once they’ve registered their mobile through their online account. PayPal Mobile [...]
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Entrepreneur: A stapler that staples up to 60 pages with even the lightest touch of a pinkie finger, a transparent tea tin lid that keeps out damaging UV light, a diaper bag that’s runway-ready–they all point to one trend: In even the most seemingly ordinary product categories, there’s room for extraordinary design innovation. “I looked [...]
How Job Losses Spur Economic Growth Via Start-Ups
Jim Hopkins: Minority entrepreneurship is rising overall. Yet, among African-Americans, extra heavy job losses played a less-understood role, as I noted How job losses spur economic growth via start-upsin this story after the Census Bureau published some of the early numbers last summer from its latest survey of business ownership.
Concentration Is a Competitive Advantage
Businesss Pundit: So the question arises – will the successful companies (and employees) of the future be the ones that can do the hard things? Will concentration be a major source of competitive advantage in the coming years? When everyone is focusing on strategy, leadership, and technology as their sources of competitive advantage, will you [...]
