Comments on: Major management shake-up at eBay/PayPal/Skype http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:17:08 -0800 hourly 1 By: Nancy Williams http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-182524 Nancy Williams Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:59:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-182524 It seems to me that E-bay is trying to set up a monopoly with PayPal. Isn't this unlawful? It seems to me that E-bay is trying to set up a monopoly with PayPal. Isn’t this unlawful?

]]> By: Pete http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-94112 Pete Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:53:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-94112 Harry makes an excellent! It also very interesting to listen to some VPs/Directors from Google @ various conferences. It is becoming very clear that some just don't have the vision and obviously new products from Google have been disappointing. The whole thing looks more and more like junior level projects (not at Stanford level) - with an exception that all students are millionaires! Good for them! At eBay, looks like Dutta made $2.6B deal, and Jordan paid the price. It is interesting to see how fast Dutta moved away from Skype. Harry makes an excellent!

It also very interesting to listen to some VPs/Directors from Google @ various conferences. It is becoming very clear that some just don’t have the vision and obviously new products from Google have been disappointing. The whole thing looks more and more like junior level projects (not at Stanford level) – with an exception that all students are millionaires! Good for them!

At eBay, looks like Dutta made $2.6B deal, and Jordan paid the price. It is interesting to see how fast Dutta moved away from Skype.

]]> By: Venture Chronicles http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-94079 Venture Chronicles Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:15:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-94079 [...] A couple of weeks ago there was a rather lengthy interview in the FT with Meg Whitman. Among the interesting portions were some comments about monetizing Skype: “If you have the largest ecosystem, then you will be the one who will actually figure out the long-term monetization model. “I don’t necessarily agree with this statement given that Paypal is an abject lesson in how a disruptor can derail your best laid plans. You will recall that Ebay attempted to compete with Paypal before finally giving up and acquiring them. Ebay may indeed have grand ambitions for communications within their ecosystem, but if they do they have been pretty tight lipped about providing insight on them, or better yet, coming out with products/services that demonstrate it. Lastly, Whitman made this comment: “I think at the moment I am a big believer in focus. I think companies can only do a small number of things well. Over the past 50 years in the popular business press it’s been, you know, double down on the things you do well, find your core strengths, build on your core strengths. Anything that’s not core, it’s context and get rid of it or outsource it.”Obviously, Meg Whitman is a remarkable and steady leader, and the above is very sound advice but I have to wonder though if the “core” that she refers to above isn’t in fact a lot broader than she is willing to acknowledge. It could be really simple as in Ebay brings together buyers and sellers and controls the transaction between the two of them, or it could be more complex in that they also own the protocols between buyers and sellers, reputation systems, financial mechanics, marketing automation, customer relationship management for sellers, logistics support, and lastly, product information systems. If this is the core then the context is about increasing the utility of buy-to-seller relationships in order to derive greater financial benefit from it, and more abstractly, provide an open marketplace where the aforementioned utility results in some positive lifestyle benefit for members. If Whitman believes that walling off the network is the means to enhancing core, then she is in fact sacrificing context in the process and doing long term harm to the company by enabling conditions to develop whereby a “death from below” competitor will emerge and grow. TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Major management shake-up at eBay/PayPal/Skype: The much anticipated Skype integration into eBay just a few weeks ago turned out to be very unexciting. Is an an increasinlgy walled garden the future of eBay/PayPal and Skype? eBay stocks took a dive today on the announcement; such a strategy could really backfire. Technorati Tags: Ebay, Meg Whitman Posted in Companies || [...] [...] A couple of weeks ago there was a rather lengthy interview in the FT with Meg Whitman. Among the interesting portions were some comments about monetizing Skype: “If you have the largest ecosystem, then you will be the one who will actually figure out the long-term monetization model. “I don’t necessarily agree with this statement given that Paypal is an abject lesson in how a disruptor can derail your best laid plans. You will recall that Ebay attempted to compete with Paypal before finally giving up and acquiring them. Ebay may indeed have grand ambitions for communications within their ecosystem, but if they do they have been pretty tight lipped about providing insight on them, or better yet, coming out with products/services that demonstrate it. Lastly, Whitman made this comment: “I think at the moment I am a big believer in focus. I think companies can only do a small number of things well. Over the past 50 years in the popular business press it’s been, you know, double down on the things you do well, find your core strengths, build on your core strengths. Anything that’s not core, it’s context and get rid of it or outsource it.”Obviously, Meg Whitman is a remarkable and steady leader, and the above is very sound advice but I have to wonder though if the “core” that she refers to above isn’t in fact a lot broader than she is willing to acknowledge. It could be really simple as in Ebay brings together buyers and sellers and controls the transaction between the two of them, or it could be more complex in that they also own the protocols between buyers and sellers, reputation systems, financial mechanics, marketing automation, customer relationship management for sellers, logistics support, and lastly, product information systems. If this is the core then the context is about increasing the utility of buy-to-seller relationships in order to derive greater financial benefit from it, and more abstractly, provide an open marketplace where the aforementioned utility results in some positive lifestyle benefit for members. If Whitman believes that walling off the network is the means to enhancing core, then she is in fact sacrificing context in the process and doing long term harm to the company by enabling conditions to develop whereby a “death from below” competitor will emerge and grow. TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Major management shake-up at eBay/PayPal/Skype: The much anticipated Skype integration into eBay just a few weeks ago turned out to be very unexciting. Is an an increasinlgy walled garden the future of eBay/PayPal and Skype? eBay stocks took a dive today on the announcement; such a strategy could really backfire. Technorati Tags: Ebay, Meg Whitman Posted in Companies || [...]

]]> By: Crisisblogger » Blog Archive » ebay stock plunges and paypal exec shuffle http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-94044 Crisisblogger » Blog Archive » ebay stock plunges and paypal exec shuffle Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:23:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-94044 [...] While I’m not claiming this is in response to my post of a couple of days ago, but clearly things are in turmoil at ebay with some management shuffles, etc. The market does not seem to have responded well to ebay’s decision to put a wall around paypal. See techcrunch story. [...] [...] While I’m not claiming this is in response to my post of a couple of days ago, but clearly things are in turmoil at ebay with some management shuffles, etc. The market does not seem to have responded well to ebay’s decision to put a wall around paypal. See techcrunch story. [...]

]]> By: Bronte Media » eBay Chaos http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93946 Bronte Media » eBay Chaos Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:49:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93946 [...] Lost in the midst of the musical chairs of eBay management and bone-headed decisions like banning Google Checkout from eBay auctions, was that fact that one of the smartest Internet execs, Rajiv Dutta, was moved from Skype to Paypal. [...] [...] Lost in the midst of the musical chairs of eBay management and bone-headed decisions like banning Google Checkout from eBay auctions, was that fact that one of the smartest Internet execs, Rajiv Dutta, was moved from Skype to Paypal. [...]

]]> By: Patty http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93881 Patty Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:44:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93881 Spam in my mail increased , and since Google is trying to please everyone they will have no control in the end. Watch what happens. Spam in my mail increased , and since Google is trying to please everyone they will have no control in the end. Watch what happens.

]]> By: Nick Douglas http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93769 Nick Douglas Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:02:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93769 Is asking a dozen questions at an article's end a good way to avoid drawing your own conclusions? Is asking a dozen questions at an article’s end a good way to avoid drawing your own conclusions?

]]> By: stylo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93765 stylo Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:49:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93765 Hey, maybe Paypal will stop stealing their customer's money all the time - in my case because we had too many sales, they said, so they stole all our money and are holding it for 6 months, on a 7 year old account with no chargebacks! -, and actually get human beings to respond to email about their theft. Unlikely... Hey, maybe Paypal will stop stealing their customer’s money all the time – in my case because we had too many sales, they said, so they stole all our money and are holding it for 6 months, on a 7 year old account with no chargebacks! -, and actually get human beings to respond to email about their theft.

Unlikely…

]]> By: erik http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93675 erik Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:25:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93675 An interesting merry-go-round of changes. Of all the news though, I'm least impressed with the eBay choice to not allow Google payments. What a shame. It will end up driving a lot of powersellers away from eBay stores. They'll still sell, but they'll do it via a non-eBay store. Not that great of a move. An interesting merry-go-round of changes. Of all the news though, I’m least impressed with the eBay choice to not allow Google payments. What a shame. It will end up driving a lot of powersellers away from eBay stores. They’ll still sell, but they’ll do it via a non-eBay store. Not that great of a move.

]]> By: Harry http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93551 Harry Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:51:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93551 "A Google O/S? Let’s hope not." It would be an attempt at the impossible. Google makes so many product these days that i've given up following it. A new Google product just doesn't have the ring like it does before. I wonder why the guys at eBay are so nervous. They banned Google checkout when it just came out, are they really that scared of Google? After all who isn't? But then again, what have Google done to any competitors outside the search/advertising market? Gmail? great! But still not as popular as Yahoo mail or Hotmail. Gtalk? let's not get into it.. “A Google O/S? Let’s hope not.”

It would be an attempt at the impossible. Google makes so many product these days that i’ve given up following it. A new Google product just doesn’t have the ring like it does before.

I wonder why the guys at eBay are so nervous. They banned Google checkout when it just came out, are they really that scared of Google? After all who isn’t? But then again, what have Google done to any competitors outside the search/advertising market?

Gmail? great! But still not as popular as Yahoo mail or Hotmail.
Gtalk? let’s not get into it..

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » eBay、PayPal、Skypeで大幅な人事改革 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93479 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » eBay、PayPal、Skypeで大幅な人事改革 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:47:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93479 [...] [原文へ] ebay [...] [...] [原文へ] ebay [...]

]]> By: Marshall Zhukov http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93449 Marshall Zhukov Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:57:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93449 I don't trust all this online shopping huggermugger. Back in my day, all a man needed to kick some ass was a few divisions of good men, some tanks and trucks, and a couple thousand artillery pieces. Nowdays it's all social network this and AJAX that. A few get rich, and the rest are looking at paper-thin profit margins. I'll take a nice reliable Katyusha over all this newfangled faddishness. I don’t trust all this online shopping huggermugger. Back in my day, all a man needed to kick some ass was a few divisions of good men, some tanks and trucks, and a couple thousand artillery pieces.

Nowdays it’s all social network this and AJAX that. A few get rich, and the rest are looking at paper-thin profit margins. I’ll take a nice reliable Katyusha over all this newfangled faddishness.

]]> By: Darren McLaughlin http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93438 Darren McLaughlin Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:32:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93438 A Google O/S? Let's hope not. A Google O/S? Let’s hope not.

]]> By: Bunova Sitch http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93429 Bunova Sitch Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:08:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93429 Hello all you sanji's out there! Hello all you sanji’s out there!

]]> By: e-Fuze mobile » eBay Re-organizes and Bans Google Checkout http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93426 e-Fuze mobile » eBay Re-organizes and Bans Google Checkout Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:08:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93426 [...] Major changes have happened at eBay with major management changes which can be summarized below. In addition, eBay has now also banned Google Checkout from being used to pay for items sold through eBay. In addition, this spring, eBay also banned RapLeaf, which we discussed here. Summary: 1. PayPal President replaced by Skype President and former eBay CFO and Strategy Officer. 2. Skype Vice President of Products now President of Skype. 3. Skype North America General Manager becomes Chief Marketing Officer for Skype Worldwide. 4. Shopping.com head becomes eBay International President, previous President takes over philanthropy. Via ShareThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Major changes have happened at eBay with major management changes which can be summarized below. In addition, eBay has now also banned Google Checkout from being used to pay for items sold through eBay. In addition, this spring, eBay also banned RapLeaf, which we discussed here. Summary: 1. PayPal President replaced by Skype President and former eBay CFO and Strategy Officer. 2. Skype Vice President of Products now President of Skype. 3. Skype North America General Manager becomes Chief Marketing Officer for Skype Worldwide. 4. Shopping.com head becomes eBay International President, previous President takes over philanthropy. Via ShareThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: mgbeers http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93424 mgbeers Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:03:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93424 This is all very interesting.. gotta keep an eye on this for sure. Interesting in part because of all of subjects I see on here and other places like Digg and mashable!, this one I am pretty sure hits home to nearly everyone that has a computer at home (online), including the casual users! This is all very interesting.. gotta keep an eye on this for sure. Interesting in part because of all of subjects I see on here and other places like Digg and mashable!, this one I am pretty sure hits home to nearly everyone that has a computer at home (online), including the casual users!

]]> By: Motumbo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93423 Motumbo Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:03:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93423 Short term I do not see this as being a big threat to eBay/PayPal. Only in the long-term do I think that is the case, but in thinking along those lines the way I think the payments will be a risk is when Google figures out Froogle and makes Base much more than a spam den and finds a way to integrate my purchasing habbits into which ads I am shown. Short term I do not see this as being a big threat to eBay/PayPal. Only in the long-term do I think that is the case, but in thinking along those lines the way I think the payments will be a risk is when Google figures out Froogle and makes Base much more than a spam den and finds a way to integrate my purchasing habbits into which ads I am shown.

]]> By: mgbeers http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93422 mgbeers Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:03:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93422 This is all very interesting.. gotta keep an eye on this for sure. Interesting in part because of all of subjects I see out there, this one I am pretty sure hits home to nearly everyone that has a computer at home (online). This is all very interesting.. gotta keep an eye on this for sure. Interesting in part because of all of subjects I see out there, this one I am pretty sure hits home to nearly everyone that has a computer at home (online).

]]> By: Screenwerk » Blog Archive » eBay Bans Checkout, Shakes Up Management Team http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93407 Screenwerk » Blog Archive » eBay Bans Checkout, Shakes Up Management Team Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:27:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93407 [...] As expected, eBay won’t allow Google Checkout. Google doesn’t see PayPal as a competitor, but eBay doesn’t agree in reverses. Regarding the management shakeup, here’s the WSJ and TechCrunch. [...] [...] As expected, eBay won’t allow Google Checkout. Google doesn’t see PayPal as a competitor, but eBay doesn’t agree in reverses. Regarding the management shakeup, here’s the WSJ and TechCrunch. [...]

]]> By: David Quiec http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93396 David Quiec Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:00:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93396 Where is Jeff Jordan going? Where is Jeff Jordan going?

]]> By: Peter Kazanjy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93394 Peter Kazanjy Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:58:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93394 According to AuctionBytes (through Valleywag), eBay has banned sellers from requesting payment via Google Checkout. Gotta use those network effects while you still have them... http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m07/i06/s02 According to AuctionBytes (through Valleywag), eBay has banned sellers from requesting payment via Google Checkout. Gotta use those network effects while you still have them… http://auctionb...y06/m07/i06/s02

]]> By: Joel http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93393 Joel Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:47:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93393 Interesting. Confusing. - 1. PayPal President replaced by Skype President/former eBay CFO+strategy. 2. Skype VP of Products now President of Skype. 3. Skype North America GM becomes Chief Marketing Officer for Skype Worldwide. 4. Shopping.com head becomes eBay international President, last President takes over philanthropy. - 5. and the beat goes on It will be oh so interesting if anyone can put a dent in Ebay's monopoly:) Interesting. Confusing.

- 1. PayPal President replaced by Skype President/former eBay CFO+strategy.
2. Skype VP of Products now President of Skype.
3. Skype North America GM becomes Chief Marketing Officer for Skype Worldwide.
4. Shopping.com head becomes eBay international President, last President takes over philanthropy. -

5. and the beat goes on

It will be oh so interesting if anyone can put a dent in Ebay’s monopoly:)

]]> By: Nick Pang | Wii Preorder http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93392 Nick Pang | Wii Preorder Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:45:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93392 tournament of giants have just started... tournament of giants have just started…

]]> By: Kevin Boyer http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/comment-page-1/#comment-93382 Kevin Boyer Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:31:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/07/06/major-management-shake-up-at-ebaypaypalskype/#comment-93382 Musical Chairs :) Musical Chairs :)

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