Q&A with CEO of Overstock.com

Patrick Byrne, the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Overstock.com, will get on his soapbox on February 24th, 2012 to share with us the challenges, hurdles and issues he had to deal with as he built Overstock.com He will touch on and answer the following questions:

1. What is it about you experience with cancer that gave you courage in your professional career?

2. You pitched the Overstock.com... [read more]

Patrick Byrne, the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Overstock.com, will get on his soapbox on February 24th, 2012 to share with us the challenges, hurdles and issues he had to deal with as he built Overstock.com He will touch on and answer the following questions:

1. What is it about you experience with cancer that gave you courage in your professional career?

2. You pitched the Overstock.com idea to 55 VCs about 6 months before the Dot Com Bust, a time when money was practically handed out to anybody. Why didn’t they want to invest in you?

3. When the dot-com implosion came, did you have to shut down Overstock.com?

4. What was the turning point for Overstock.com?

5. You did not choose the traditional route to going public. Why? Because you don’t like Wall Street?

6. While traveling in Asia, you saw that many local craftsman make amazing products but have no way to sell them. Tell us about the process of how you launched Worldstock to help this situation.

7. What was it like to work with Warren Buffet? Sum him up for us.

8. If you have one piece of advice for an inspiring entrepreneur, what would it be?

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