Will Amazon Or Apple Buy Netflix?

According to MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, online spending grew 18% over the year in March, outpacing the growth rate of traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Online retailers Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) also saw significant growth in their revenues. Amazon’s stock touched a record high, and recent quarter results surpassed market expectations, recording double-digit revenue and earnings growth. But the company

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Deal Radar 2009: Bazaarvoice

Bazaarvoice uses the strength of social commerce to help companies build their business. Social commerce employs collaborative social media tools to assist in online buying and selling; to generate user content and customer reviews; and to connect customers to one another, increasing a company’s sales and customer base.

Forbes Column 2009: What Amazon Should Buy Next

This week’s Zero In assesses new targets which, along with the recently acquired Zappos, could help Amazon create a strong portfolio of high-margin vertical offerings. Read What Amazon Should Buy Next.

EJ1, EJ2 Now On iPhone

If you read books on the iPhone or another device, you can now download Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume One) and Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume Two): Bootstrapping, Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction from Smashwords, and read on Stanza and other e-book readers. Btw, Stanza was acquired by Amazon this week, adding more momentum to e-book adoption. Enjoy!

Fifteen Years Of eCommerce

Almost 15 years after the advent of the Internet browser in the mainstream market, it is interesting to see how the major eCommerce companies have progressed. Each pioneers in their original niches, are today starting to step on others toes. Amazon’s logical progression will inevitably lead them into Netflix’ territory. They are already squarely in

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EJ1: Book Deal with Hachette India

Indian readers: you have been asking me about the availability of Entrepreneur Journeys in India. Well, on January 2, I signed the contract with Hachette India. Hachette will be publishing EJ1, and the book will be available in India by the end of February. Thank you for your patience.

Book Reviews: Travel To The Land Of Innovation

Here’s some book-related coverage that readers may find interesting… First, Amazon Customer Reviews. We need more reader reviews for sure, so if you’ve been reading the book, please consider writing a review.

Forbes Column 08: My Adventure With Amazon

I also wrote my story with Amazon for Forbes this week. As I wrote it, I was thinking whom I know in the technology industry who would be able to leverage this sort of a relationship with Amazon. Here are some ideas: Nicholas Carr, Judy Estrin, Om Malik, all of whom have written books before.

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