Off the Block: eBay's Post-Auction Future

I vividly remember, a dozen years ago, standing in the parking lot of an anonymous San Jose (I thought it was Campbell at the time), Calif., office complex. I was walking back to my car after a meeting at a tiny, but fast growing, online auction company I was advising … when I ran into the founder and CEO coming the other direction. "Hey, Mike," he said, pulling out a manila folder, "check this out. Our design firm has come up with a new look for us." Pierre Omidyar pulled out a sheet … and...Full Story