Today eBay released the 2nd quarter earnings. Banter was raised as eBay Inc. has a 6% increase over last year and Paypal has some strong earnings for the quarter…yippee, "whoop d sh*t". Sorry if you don’t find me too impressed. There is holes in this Swiss cheese and the real deal is this. eBay.com that’s [...]

OK, this can be some good fun, I like the picture. We are going to play a game called “Make Your Own Caption” where I give you the photo and you give me the caption for it. Simply ad your caption to the comment section. That’s the ONLY rule are you ready?!? Today’s picture is [...]

So this video was originally aired on March 10, 2010 from Fortune Brainstorm Tech and really parallels sentiments I shared in my “eBay Ellen” post earlier. This is worth a listen if you are still scratching your head about the direction of eBay. Get it from the leaders mouth and try to grasp it. He [...]

So here is the ColderICE video as we were given behind the scenes access thanks to RBH and eBay Ink Blog. This first kick off of  eBay On Location held in Atlanta last weekend was fantastic!  Check this out for interviews with the CEO and the President also some other great spots. Here is what [...]

Most often after an event, the blogger will come on and give you some notes on the event. Usually you will read that Mr. So and Such did this presentation followed by Mrs. What’s Her Face who took the stage to teach on blah blah blah. So guess what?!? I will NOT do the same [...]

Just in time for the love fest of Valentines day John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay has a new interview with the UK publication Times Online. This is a very candid look at the 49 year old Donahoe not seen before in print. Some notable quotes from the piece… But numbers count, and after a [...]

Dude, the numbers from the 3rd quarter of 2009 were VERY telling. We are a seeing the grip of fear beginning to ease. The consumer is spending and they are spending everywhere….except eBay. Do you recall the past? Lets go back to the storied sports history of 1974. A young man named Cassius Clay has [...]

How does the "street" feel about John Donahoe? With Donahoe’s inception to the thrown of eBay last year, the stock prices have fallen over 40%. While at the same time the S&P averages is down only about 29% and Amazon is up over 20% We pretty much know that the average seller wants his head [...]

K-I-S-S is The KISS principle. KISS is originally an acronym for "Keep it Simple, Stupid", or the more polite "Keep it Short and Simple". KISS states that design simplicity should be a key goal and that unnecessary complexity should be avoided. ULESS you work at eBay I guess? What eBay has done with the pile-on [...]

This is impromptu, I just decided to turn on the screen and read it on the mic. I went to Scot Wingo’s blog and did this video over his notes. This is part 1 of my commentary on the eBay Analyst Day Notes. Damn man, I am not all that excited by what I have [...]