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Software Development Forum, Wed. Apr. 21: eBay's Success
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George H. Bosworth
Apr 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/16/99
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FORUM (Mountain View CA)
eBay's Stunning Success Story
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Dinner Meeting, Wednesday, April 21, 1999
eBay created a new market: 1-to-1 trading in an auction format on the
Web, and now leads this market sector. Steve Westly, VP of Marketing
and Business Development, will describe eBay's positioning strategy.
eBay started on Labor Day, 1995, and now has 130 employees, 15.4
million shares, and a market value of about $2.5 billion. Steve joined
in 1997, and has been responsible for negotiating deals with more than
60 companies, including AOL, Yahoo!, Excite, Netscape, and USA Today.
Where: Michaels at Shoreline, in the golf course at the Bay end of
Shoreline Blvd. From 101, east on Shoreline through the gates.
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Networking and Dinner
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Speaker
Price: $25 members, $40 non-members, cash/check/charge
Reserve: Software Development Forum voice mail (650-854-8298) or
fax (650-856-3766 or online at http://www.sdforum.org
Info: http://www.sdforum.org, or SDF office (650-854-7219)
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For these announcements by email, send mail to majo...@netcom.com,
with any subject, and with this text: subscribe software-forum-dinner
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Software Development Forum, started in 1983 and recently merged with
the Center for Software Development, is a unique Silicon Valley non
profit organization of over 1,200 members. Its mission is to inform,
educate, and connect software professionals on all facets of the
software industry -- ranging from technical innovation to product
development, marketing, and sales. The group offers a sense of
community and is a valuable forum for exchanging ideas. Nearly 1,000
are in attendance at all of the many informative seminar and special
interest group meetings held every month.
eBay's Stunning Success Story
=================================
Dinner Meeting, Wednesday, April 21, 1999
eBay created a new market: 1-to-1 trading in an auction format on the
Web, and now leads this market sector. Steve Westly, VP of Marketing
and Business Development, will describe eBay's positioning strategy.
eBay started on Labor Day, 1995, and now has 130 employees, 15.4
million shares, and a market value of about $2.5 billion. Steve joined
in 1997, and has been responsible for negotiating deals with more than
60 companies, including AOL, Yahoo!, Excite, Netscape, and USA Today.
Where: Michaels at Shoreline, in the golf course at the Bay end of
Shoreline Blvd. From 101, east on Shoreline through the gates.
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Networking and Dinner
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Speaker
Price: $25 members, $40 non-members, cash/check/charge
Reserve: Software Development Forum voice mail (650-854-8298) or
fax (650-856-3766 or online at http://www.sdforum.org
Info: http://www.sdforum.org, or SDF office (650-854-7219)
**********************************************************************
For these announcements by email, send mail to majo...@netcom.com,
with any subject, and with this text: subscribe software-forum-dinner
**********************************************************************
Software Development Forum, started in 1983 and recently merged with
the Center for Software Development, is a unique Silicon Valley non
profit organization of over 1,200 members. Its mission is to inform,
educate, and connect software professionals on all facets of the
software industry -- ranging from technical innovation to product
development, marketing, and sales. The group offers a sense of
community and is a valuable forum for exchanging ideas. Nearly 1,000
are in attendance at all of the many informative seminar and special
interest group meetings held every month.
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