Contrary to popular belief, the path to a successful eBay business is not an easy one. Americans have been blinded by popular culture’s portrayal of eBay as a place where items sell for huge profits every minute. In reality, most eBay start-up businesses are doomed to failure from the start. If you have unrealistic expectations, you can not possibly build a rock solid business plan. In order [...]

The eBay Phenomenon tells the inside story of how a hobby/experiment run from Pierre Omidyar’s Silicon Valley apartment gave birth to not just a new business model but a whole new industry – creating one of the most powerful forces on the Internet. Featuring interviews with eBay insiders such as CEO Meg Whitman, this compelling and instructive book reveals how, with no blueprint or road [...]

The buzz about The ebay Phenomenon David Bunnell’s portrayal of eBay paints a picture of one of the most daring, fanatically innovative, customer-centric companies on the planet. It demonstrates how a small, driven group of people can listen to customers and reinvent the world-inspiring! –David Siegel, author, Futurize Your Enterprise Read The eBay Phenomenon if you want the inside account [...]