More than 100 small-business people from Akron and Warren absorbed some eBay religion in an old church in Akron鈥檚 Middlebury neighborhood today. WKSU鈥檚 M.L. Schultze reports on the first meeting of .
The businesses are local, small and varied, and looking to dive into the global market. Akron native Jason Horinger sells vintage home decor such as wall-sized stadium score boards from his shop in Highland Square. He loves Akron and his shop, but needs a broader market 鈥� and thinks eBay needs him.
鈥淚t鈥檚 one of those opportunities where you want to stay ingrained, but you want to hit a larger market. Akron becomes thin pretty quick when you鈥檙e in business. But you want to try to find a way to hit a larger market. So in doing that with an established name like eBay, they鈥檙e getting some roots here, they鈥檙e investing in what we are. It鈥檚 a pretty easy decision at that point.鈥�
The day-long session included detailed training by eBay on things like inventory control, customer support, and search-engine optimization. But it began and ended with a celebration of eBay鈥檚 diverse culture 鈥� taking a few swipes at Amazon and its beige boxes along the way.
