DISQUS

Mathew's comments: eBay and StumbleUpon: don’t get it

  • Mark Evans · 2 years ago
    Whether or not it's true, it's nice to see a company that has its roots in Calgary get some attention.

    Mark
  • Peter Cranstone · 2 years ago
    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
  • Sramana Mitra · 2 years ago
    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.