MoreThis year’s final eBay on Location was in San Jose on September 2nd and 3rd–eBay’s fifteenth birthday. It was amazing!!
Mo and I flew in on Tuesday and were picked up at the airport by Chris Taylor, the San Francisco Seller’s Group founder. He is so funny and cracked us up the entire time. He drove us to the eBay campus for my guest speaker event. Chris worked tirelessly to get eBay to allow us to have this event on their campus and I truly appreciate it. What an honor to be at the first EVER eBay seller’s event that was held on campus. If you live in the bay area you should  join Chris’s amazing group.
Here is a photo of Mo and me at the event.
The next morning, Mo and I headed back to the eBay campus to attend a Certified Provider/Developer meeting with Laurel, Laura, Craig and Ginger. It was amazing. A lot of programming and directional information but it also gave me insight into how difficult changes can be for such a large and complex company. I had never listened in on any of these meetings (and I have been an eBay Certified Provider for three years!) but I will be listening in on them in the future because it gives me the information that I need to teach and guide you all better.
That afternoon we had a meet and greet (thank you to Sherri) for the Queen’s Court members. Too much fun!
That night was the kickoff party for eBay’s birthday and I received an award!!! I was given an award for innovation in marketing. It was such an honor to be singled out at the opening ceremony and THANK YOU to everyone who made it happen.
After the kick off party, Mo and I got to hang out with Mark Furrer. Mark is another sarcastic and super funny guy who we met when he was in charge of running eBay Live in both San Jose and Las Vegas. It was great to see him!
The next day at eBay on Location was my final panel appearance with Griff. I was happy that my crazy travel schedule is winding down but sad that the first four eBay on Locations are over.
I arrived back in Palm Desert on Friday (from San Jose) and we had to leave at 6:30 am Saturday morning for a baseball tournament in Temecula and Hemet. Houston’s team took second place out of ten teams. They are playing 14U this year, which means they pitch from 60 feet and the bases are at 90 feet. Just like in the major leagues. Crazy!
Hopefully this means that things are back to normal…. 
