Harvard Business Review: When Big Companies Support Start-ups, Both Make More Money

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When Big Companies Support Start-ups, Both Make More Money

In the technology world, we’ve seen the tremendous impact that eBay has made in helping small e-commerce businesses get off the ground. Many of them started off selling merchandise from their apartments or homes, and some evolved to become power sellers. Today there are hundreds of thousands of people around the world making their living selling merchandise on eBay. In its turn, eBay has made commissions from every single transaction that has occurred on its platforms. Now imagine if eBay went beyond providing a technology platform and entered the field of business incubation in a meaningful way, It’s an idea that could have a huge impact. Sellers making $3,000 a month could be coached to get to $15,000 a month. Those making $25,000 a month could perhaps get to $100,000 a month. Consider…

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