Andreessen joins eBay board

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Tue, 09/30/2008 - 2:30pm

eBay said that Marc Andreessen will join the online auctioneer’s board of directors. The move, which is effectively immediately, brings some additional brainpower to eBay, which is trying to fend off rivals such as Amazon and Google.

For instance, Amazon’s fixed price model has been attracting merchants to its network. To counter, eBay moved to add [...]


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