{"id":154,"date":"2005-09-13T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2005-09-14T01:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/?p=154"},"modified":"2005-09-13T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2005-09-14T01:22:16","slug":"ebay-and-shype-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"eBay And Shype \/ Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can't figure it out either and I'm not going to waste my time trying. Perhaps its the start of Internet Bubble 2.0. Thats about the only thing that makes sense. I better start loading up on dopey business idea stocks and get ready to dump them just before the bubble bursts:<\/p>\n

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So I listened to the Skype-eBay conference call<\/a> this morning and talked to many people about the deal – and still can't quite get my head around why eBay is so willing to spend $4.1-billion on a company that had sales of $7-million last year (albeit a target of $60 million in 2005 and $200-million in 2006) and doesn't seem to have a sustainable competitive advantage. Here's my second take on how Skype fits into eBay's strategic thinking:
1. Skype is integrated into eBay as a sales tool, particularly for categories such as automobiles and B2B where eBay can score high margins and healthy profits. (Mark Evans<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can't figure it out either and I'm not going to waste my time trying. Perhaps its the start of Internet Bubble 2.0. Thats about the only thing that makes sense. I better start loading up on dopey business idea stocks and get ready to dump them just before the bubble bursts: So I listened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com\/blogs\/techno\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}