From eBay to Wikia: Big Company and Start-up Experiences

Course Description

Lectures

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   Lecture 1 - Joining eBay

   Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia, talks about the things that attracted him to eBay and the vision he had of where the company was going when he joined.

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   Lecture 2 - Transformation of a Start-up

   Penchina discusses how a start-up like eBay has transformed over time to a big company.

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   Lecture 3 - Working in a Start-up

   Penchina shares his thoughts on the differences in working in a start-up versus a big company and the skills he leveraged while moving from a big company like eBay to Wikia.

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   Lecture 4 - Angel Investing

   Penchina discusses his interest and involvement in angel investing.

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   Lecture 5 - Career Advice

   Penchina emphasizes the importance of people skills and reveals some lessons he wish he knew when he was in school.

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   Lecture 6 - Learning from Failures

   Penchina shares some of his failures and discusses lessons learned from them.

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   Lecture 7 - Entering a Global Market

   Penchina discusses steps that one should take when entering a new global market that entrepreneurs might not be familiar with.

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   Lecture 8 - Skills Learned in School

   Penchina describes the exact facts and skills he learned in engineering school and business school that he finds useful today while running his business.

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   Lecture 9 - Finding Entrepreneurs

   Penchina discusses the process of finding entrepreneurs and then investing in them.

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    Lecture 10 - Luck: Combination of Timing and Preparation

    Penchina attributes most of his success to luck, which he believes is a combination of good timing and some preparation. He says that he has been able to get to where he wanted as he has consistently stuck to his plan.