Starting A Business From Scratch

About the book

Creating the 'perfect market', it turned a profit in its first month and went on to change the face of business. EBay started as a way to help Omidyar's fiancee trade with other collectors. 000 people relying on eBay for their income, 20 million registered users and 75, 000 visitors a day, 664, nowadays eBay has over 1. Ebay's history started from a spare bedroom in Pierre Omidyar's house during Thanksgiving weekend. To its current status today, from the humble beginnings. The Perfect Store tells the story of eBay.

And for those trying to anticipate the next big thing, the book gives an insight into why eBay has succeeded when so many dot-coms have failed.- The Perfect Store is an essential reading for those trying to understand how the Web is changing business. To the woman who had to rent a warehouse for her thriving business selling bubble-wrap, from the woman who wakes at 3.00am to bid on a toaster, it examines the range of customers. The book reveals details of the company's rapid rise and the fascinating impact it has had on its users through the virtual marketplace.

About Adam Cohen

Politics and technology, with a particular interest in legal issues, cohen is a lawyer and author. Adam Cohen is an American journalist and assistant editorial page editor of The New York Times.

Your perfect store

Setting up your own business and creating a world wide company, it is fun for everybody who is interested in the early days of the Internet. The Perfect Store is a great read.

Learn from this great example. If you yourself are setting up your own website it is really inspiring and full of ideas and possible pitfalls.