EBay CEO Steps Behind the Camera

September 11, 2009 at 4:03 pm PT

Tech CEOs spend a lot of time taking questions in front of the camera. Lately, eBay’s (EBAY) top boss John Donahoe has been spending some time behind one.

Amid a turnaround effort at eBay’s online marketplace, he has been meeting with the company’s merchants and taping the conversations with a Flip camcorder. He’s posted many of these to a video blog for eBay’s internal employees.

Recently one interview with an eBay merchant named Quick Ship Electronics even made its way to YouTube.

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