Google acquires Jotspot and its Wiki service
One of my favorite online services, JotSpot, was just acquired by Google. JotSpot provides a robust do-it-yourself publishing...
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The “Beltway Money Man”
Forbes Magazine recently called Core Capital‘s Jonathan Silver the "Beltway Money Man". Jonathan is an investor in buySAFE and on our...
PayPal to the rescue
Q3 financial results were announced today, and eBay’s profits were up 10%. That is good news for this battered stock, and it appears...
eBay My World enters the world
eBay is rolling a new feature on their site called eBay My World (or at least I think it is new since I haven’t seen this in the past). ...
WOMMA’s Word of Mouth Marketing Summit Will Include More Than 70 WOM Expert Speakers
WOMMA (The Word of Mouth Marketing Association) is holding its next Word of Mouth Marketing Summit in Washington, D.C. on December 12 and...
buySAFE Announces New Partnership With Travelers
Today, buySAFE announced a new partnership with The St. Paul Travelers Companies, one of the largest financial institutions in the world...
eBay Feedback Farms Undermine Feedback Ratings System
Last week, Ina Steiner documented the basic story of ‘Feedback Farms’ on eBay. I have to be honest, these scams continue to amaze me, and...
Legendary VC and Entrepreneur, Vinod Khosla, on Entrepreneurship
I recently spoke at Wharton, and one of the students asked if I could periodically post on my experiences as an entrepreneur. I thought...
Add Your Phishing Emails to the Phishtank
Phishtank is an interesting new anti-phishing service that recently launched to the public. Brian Krebs of the Washington Post reviewed...
Greg Isaacs is Leaving eBay
Greg Isaacs, Director of eBay’s Developers’ Program, is leaving eBay after more than five years at the firm. No announcement yet on what...
Avoiding eBay eMail Scams
The following blog post provides basic, wise advice on how to avoid eBay / PayPal email scams. "eBay and eMail Scams" at keep my engine...
“Opportunities and Threats of Online Auctions” – An Interesting Case Study
I ran across a case study this morning that discusses the opportunities and threats of online auctions, and it specifically focuses on...
What is a “Market for Lemons”?
Without focusing on eBay or eCommerce in general, it has been requested that I illustrate a simple example of how a "Market for Lemons"...
What’s Wrong With eBay? It’s Simple Economics
What’s wrong with eBay? Before I answer this question, you should download this Wharton case study by Dr. Eric Clemons of The Wharton...
How Do You Sell Profitably on eBay?
I have been writing quite a bit lately on eBay, and on the developing stories of lagging buyer demand and poor seller economics. Every...
eBay Sellers Leaving eBay to Sell Elsewhere
Yesterday, I mentioned some very interesting research that AuctionBytes recently completed with a survey of more than 1,000 eBay...
Google Planning Product Search for Holidays
The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PESA) held its semi-annual gather in San Francisco this past week. The PESA Summit 2006 was a...
Core Capital Leads $10 Million Financing for Covega Corporation
Core Capital Partners, one of buySAFE’s venture capital investors, is pretty active this quarter. It was announced last week that Core...
Core Capital Leads $4.4 Million Series B Investment in Inlet Technologies
One of buySAFE‘s investors is Core Capital. Core Capital is a $370 million fund located in Washington, DC. Core has been a fairly...
Thought of the Week – 08/26/06
For those of you that know me, you know that I appreciate inspirational quotes, poems and stories. Life is a complicated journey, and...
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