The Perfect Store: Inside eBay
by Adam Cohen
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Author: Adam CohenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-03
ISBN: 0316164933
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: Fascinating history of a dot.com
Summary: 4 Stars
This is not a 'how to sell on Ebay' book. It is a detailed and very readable history of the birth and development of one of the most successful dot-coms.For anyone who lived through the overinflated bubble that marked the start of the evolution of the internet into the commercial mainstream, this will help explain what was happening inside one of the leaders. It contrasts dramatically with, for example, the demise of Boo.com as described in the equally interesting book BooHoo.com.
If you have worked for a company that started out lean, agile, idealistic and entrepreneurial and slowly found it becoming mired in legal issues, HR, internal politics and general inertia, you will find it all rehearsed here.
Although this book won't start that Ebay busines for you, it will help you understand how Ebay has become what it is today.
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