Lecture 1 - Joining eBay

Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia, talks about the things that attracted him to eBay and the vision he had of where the company was going when he joined.

Lecture 2 - Transformation of a Start-up

Penchina discusses how a start-up like eBay has transformed over time to a big company.

Lecture 3 - Working in a Start-up

Penchina shares his thoughts on the differences in working in a start-up versus a big company and the skills he leveraged while moving from a big company like eBay to Wikia.

Lecture 4 - Angel Investing

Penchina discusses his interest and involvement in angel investing.

Lecture 5 - Career Advice

Penchina emphasizes the importance of people skills and reveals some lessons he wish he knew when he was in school.

Lecture 6 - Learning from Failures

Penchina shares some of his failures and discusses lessons learned from them.

Lecture 7 - Entering a Global Market

Penchina discusses steps that one should take when entering a new global market that entrepreneurs might not be familiar with.

Lecture 8 - Skills Learned in School

Penchina describes the exact facts and skills he learned in engineering school and business school that he finds useful today while running his business.

Lecture 9 - Finding Entrepreneurs

Penchina discusses the process of finding entrepreneurs and then investing in them.

Lecture 10 - Luck: Combination of Timing and Preparation

Penchina attributes most of his success to luck, which he believes is a combination of good timing and some preparation. He says that he has been able to get to where he wanted as he has consistently stuck to his plan.