Adventures in Entrepreneurship with Jeremy Hanks

eBay Live! 2006

In a couple of months, a group of us from Doba will be headed to Las Vegas, Nevada, to exhibit at eBay Live! 2006 (June 13-15, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Center). For the uninitiated, eBay Live! is the largest platform for anyone who wants to shine in front of the entire eBay Community. On a more practical and logistical level, it’s a 3-day event where thousands of eBay Community members, industry experts, and vendors like Doba gather to learn, network, make new friends, and celebrate everything eBay.

With more than 10,000 attendees, tons of workshops and panel discussions, and hundreds of exhibitors, eBay Live! is one of Doba’s best chances to share our unique lineup of product or services in person with thousands of eBay Community members, eBay staff, and key eBay executives from around the globe.

For me, eBay Live! provides an opportunity to reconnect with old friends, as well as a chance to educate my peers. In addition to working in the Doba exhibit booth—#315 just in case anyone’s interested in stopping by and saying hello—I’ll be one of three featured speakers on a panel moderated by eBay University Instructor Steve Lindhorst entitled “Product Sourcing: How to Find Products Your Buyers Want. I’ll also be using time during the show to promote my new book, eBay Inventory The Smart Way, at a booth across the hall from Doba’s (#934).

For Doba, months of preparation and planning go into our participation at this one show. From our perspective, as one of only 25 eBay Certified Service Providers on the planet, this show is critical. Doba Team Members attending this year’s show include:

• Elwon Bakley: Member Services Supervisor
• Alia Calano: Financial Specialist
• Brandon Delgrosso: VP of Marketing
• Mary Kay Evans: VP of Corporate Communications
• Ruth Ann Esterholt: Supplier Fulfillment Specialist
• Dave Gray: Chief Technical Officer & Co-Founder
• Jeremy Hanks, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
• Keith Hester: Director of Engineering
• Jerry Khemraj: Outbound Sales Supervisor
• Jeff Knight: Director of Merchandising
• Stu Lisonbee: Marketing Specialist
• Roy Merrill: Software Engineer
• Eric Mortensen: Email Marketing Specialist
• Blaine Nieslen: Exec VP Finance/Operations
• Jared Richards: VP Sales and Service
• Meagen Ridley: Executive Assistant
• Ryan Roberts: Marketing Specialist
• Jared Sidwell: Manager of Partner Channel
• Angela Soffe: Copywriter
• Brandon Williams: Chief Marketing Officer & Co-Founder
• Clark Winegar: Director of Marketing

I’ll be blogging more about eBay Live!—and the value of trade shows in general—in the weeks to come. In the meantime, if you’re planning on attending this year’s show and you’d like to schedule some time with me or someone else from among Doba’s list of attendees, please feel free to leave a comment below or send me a note via my Contact page. As I said when I first started this blog, I’m extremely approachable and I really enjoy connecting with people who are engaged in entrepreneurial pursuits.

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