Comments on: eBay and StumbleUpon: don’t get it http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:24:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: eBay selling Stumbleupon? Not surprised — mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-342949 eBay selling Stumbleupon? Not surprised — mathewingram.com/work Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:42:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/#comment-342949 [...] first place. When the rumours of an acquisition first surfaced in April of last year, I said that I didn’t really get it, and despite the attempts by many people to justify the deal since it happened, it has never made [...] [...] first place. When the rumours of an acquisition first surfaced in April of last year, I said that I didn’t really get it, and despite the attempts by many people to justify the deal since it happened, it has never made [...]

]]> By: What will eBay do with StumbleUpon? « PodTech Network http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-256697 What will eBay do with StumbleUpon? « PodTech Network Wed, 09 May 2007 18:50:08 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/#comment-256697 [...] make sense for eBay. “When the rumours first surfaced I wrote a post saying that I didn’t get it, and I still don’t,” he [...] [...] make sense for eBay. “When the rumours first surfaced I wrote a post saying that I didn’t get it, and I still don’t,” he [...]

]]> By: eBay and StumbleUpon rumour still alive » mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-256581 eBay and StumbleUpon rumour still alive » mathewingram.com/work Wed, 09 May 2007 13:24:58 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/#comment-256581 [...] it make sense for eBay? When the rumours first surfaced I wrote a post saying that I didn’t get it, and I still don’t. Muhammad Saleem at ProNet and Pete Cashmore at Mashable wrote about how [...] [...] it make sense for eBay? When the rumours first surfaced I wrote a post saying that I didn’t get it, and I still don’t. Muhammad Saleem at ProNet and Pete Cashmore at Mashable wrote about how [...]

]]> By: Sramana Mitra http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-249342 Sramana Mitra Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:03:39 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/#comment-249342 For a long time, I have believed that <a href="http://sramanamitra.com/blog/313" rel="nofollow">eBay should have spent money on advertising venue</a> oriented companies, and <a href="http://www.sramanamitra.com/blog/122" rel="nofollow">thought that the Skype acquisition was a stupid move</a>. Only now, it seems to me that eBay's leadership is coming to the same conclusion! <a href="http://www.sramanamitra.com/blog/900" rel="nofollow">Read the rest of my thesis.</a> For a long time, I have believed that eBay should have spent money on advertising venue oriented companies, and thought that the Skype acquisition was a stupid move. Only now, it seems to me that eBay’s leadership is coming to the same conclusion! Read the rest of my thesis.

]]> By: Peter Cranstone http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-249312 Peter Cranstone Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:45:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/18/ebay-and-stumbleupon-dont-get-it/#comment-249312 Mathew, I have to echo your comments. Why would eBay pay $40m for something that they could replicate in a weekend. I'm come on - a tool bar extension that takes you to another web site. That's hardly difficult. And then think of the funding they took... only $1.5m. eBay belch that amount after a good SV lunch. However all that being said, if someone offers me $40m for some technology I'll be waiting to sign on the dotted line. Peter Mathew,

I have to echo your comments. Why would eBay pay $40m for something that they could replicate in a weekend. I’m come on – a tool bar extension that takes you to another web site. That’s hardly difficult.

And then think of the funding they took… only $1.5m. eBay belch that amount after a good SV lunch.

However all that being said, if someone offers me $40m for some technology I’ll be waiting to sign on the dotted line.

Peter

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