Charlie Rose

charliesheep  02/09/2013 03:20 PM Report

SOMETIMES; AMERICA AND THE WORLD NEEDS TO REMEMBER THE "PAY PHONE" AND "SODA POP" --THAT WHICH DOESN'T KILL YOU IMMEDIATELY [POP][PHONE] EVENTUALLY; DO OCCUPY TOO MUCH VALUE- AS FOR BEING IN TOUCH WELL -YAWN -NO! I.E. SODA POP; DOES KILL YOU[TYPE 2 DIABETES] BUT, DRINK UP, ANYWAY1 OR AT LEAST IMBIDE DAILY; --SAY A.L.E.C. MEMBERS-KOCH BROS- THEIR PROFITS ALLOW THEM TO YEARLY VISIT WHAT YOU SEE IN MAGAZINES! HMMM HOWS THAT COKE[KOCH] STOCK, CHARLIE?

vongleichent  02/08/2013 06:39 PM Report

Hopefully those smartphones are going to get cheaper.

SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/07/2013 07:46 PM Report

As we are told here, retailers are using eBay more and more as a distribution channel.

In 2012, eBay enabled $175B of global commerce volume – this is both marketplace and Paypal – which represents

approximately 19% of the global ecommerce market, but only 2% of global retail sales.

So what will it take to capture more than just that 2%? Amazon told you Charlie they are paying state sales tax now and then there is all that shipping cost.

So for this to climb from 2% we need more money in the pockets than time available.

Grow that middle class eBay--everyone is a retailer.

SharkswithfrikingLazers  02/07/2013 07:39 PM Report

Ecommerce growth accelerated in 2011, growing 13%, and accelerated again in 2012, growing 16%.

In the U.S., ecommerce is now 10% of total retail, and has been gaining roughly a point of share per year.

Ecommerce can represent over 15% of total retail by 2016.

That is why Alger is invested in both Amazon and eBay:

http://www.alger.com/media/audio/CapApp_PKelly_Transcript_4Q12.pdf

So Charlie, what would it take for eBay to make it into your Big Tech Four?

Max83  02/07/2013 02:11 AM Report

Outstanding guest and an outstanding leadership philosophy he has. This is good for Silicon Valley to have such a down to earth person like John Donahoe in the area. He is one of the few technologists on the Charlie Rose Show that I can completely agree with.

''I don't want a hot company, I want it to endure.'' Outstanding quote from Pierre Omidyar

Just FYI from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_%26_Company :

''Bain & Co. is an entirely separate entity from Bain Capital. Bain Capital is a private investment firm specializing in private equity (PE), public equity, leveraged debt asset, venture capital, and absolute return investments. Bain Capital does not provide management consulting services to its clients.[15]

Bain Capital was founded in 1984 by several former Bain & Co. partners that included Mitt Romney (later to become the 70th Governor of Massachusetts and candidate for President of the United States), T. Coleman Andrews III, and Eric Kriss.[5] On account of these shared roots, Bain & Co. still maintains a strong institutional relationship with Bain Capital. Many current Bain Capital managing directors and professional staffers began their business careers at Bain & Co.[16]''

Glad to see that Mr. Donahoe had a change of mind in politics from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donahoe :

''In his earlier career, Donahoe often contributed to Republican candidates, including Congressman David Dreier of his home state California. However, in recent years his contributions were usually to Democratic candidates, and among them senatorial candidates from across the country, from New York's Kirsten Gillibrand to California's Barbara Boxer.''

charliesheep  02/06/2013 01:38 PM Report

AMAZON; DOESN'T HONOR--- PAY PAL - THE TOOTH FAIRY [E-BAY] CHARGES 16% TO "VEND" WHAT YOU SHOULD THROW AWAY ; BECAUSE, YOU CANT REMEMBER WHY YOU BOUGHT INITALLY! SO, THE REAL REASON TO LIVE IS OBSCURED BY PABLUM--- GOBBLETY GOOP--- BUT, YOU KNEW THAT!

Leila  02/06/2013 12:45 PM Report

Great guest. I'm surprise, they would hire someone from

Bain? Charie, is getting carried away, with asking a question of his guest, then saying, yeah, yeah, like he already knows everything, or pounds the table to be important. He's getting a little delusional, at what his role is there. He does have some great guests.

He has at least 1,000 best and personal friends. All he is, is an interviewer. When he can shut up and just let the guest answer, it works. I know some guests cringe, or gently, back him off.

REMant  02/06/2013 11:21 AM Report

I was going to say eBay never really worked as advertised and is moving towards something like Amazon, tho I doubt anyone will ever stop thinking of it without thinking of that grilled cheese Madonna.

(I was interested the other day to see if anyone was still selling Foley nylon cooking tools, which used to cost a dollar or so, when Foley went out of business. They aren't, but I did find people selling the things there as collector's items at ten bucks apiece. You can't make a living from that.)

But I'm afraid he doesn't understand that Amazon sells an enormous amount of other ppl's stuff, as well as its own, or perhaps he just wants to ignore it. What both these cos provide for small cos is assurance (as well as the visibility) to the consumer similar to that a large corp provides, which some believe has been the driving force in industrial consolidation. However, what "enables" consumers remains being able to search among competitors. Reviews are the weak link in this, tho I see steps being taken to shut down shils and ppl with too much free time and too little experience.

Mobile technology (which, of course, is not new) really has little to do with any of this, and Donahoe's understanding of this sector in general struck me as naive, his theory of management as a bunch of public relations baloney.