CEO Meg Whitman bet that listening to customers could turn eBays electronic white elephant sale into a Web powerhouse. Now her company is profiting and growing even as the economy slumps.
So you want to sell on eBay, but don’t want to photograph your tchotchkes, write clever pitches, track bids, answer queries, and deal with shipping? No problem. Just take Aunt May’s Bing Crosby 78s to one of the many eBay storefronts sprin...
PAYPAL’S PROMISE: DIGITAL DOLLARS Can a company have 15 million customers and still be virtually unknown? Apparen'tly so, if the company is PayPal. Even a boffo IPO last February — priced at $12, the stock closed at $20.09 the first d...
David Thomson wanted to know the secrets of companies able to break the billion-dollar barrier (Don't we all?), so he spent three years analyzing the United States highest-growth companies for his new book, Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Ach...
CHINA DAWN By David Sheff, Harperbusiness, $26.95 An entrepreneur profiled in this insider look at China’s technology revolution says, “The carp is leaping through the Dragon’s gate,” referring to the transformation of poor man to ric...
Roy Sosa cofounded Austin-based NetSpend, the nation’s largest prepaid debit card company (www.netspend.com).
Six fresh table lamps to make your place modern now … and to auction off as design classics later. (See you on eBay in 2027.) — Rob BrinkleyBourgie Ta...
