ELIOT COBB - EBAGS LAUNCHES WEB RETAILING SITE WITH EYE TOWARD HIRING 10 MORE PEOPLE

Rocky Mountain News (CO)
March 14, 1999

ELIOT COBB - EBAGS LAUNCHES WEB RETAILING SITE WITH EYE TOWARD HIRING 10 MORE PEOPLE

Source: Michael BeDan

Special to the News

Yeah, they've got baggage, but that's the point.

eBags Inc. wants nothing more than to add to it. And sell it on the Internet.
The Greenwood Village-based Web retailer went live online March 1 - www.ebags.com - selling luggage, bags and travel-related merchandise. The company has $5 million in angel investment commitments - contributions from individual investors - and has venture capital agreements in the works. Now, eBags is hiring.

``We have 16 employees and 10 open positions,'' said Eliot Cobb, chief financial officer at eBags. ``We would like to fill these within the next 30 days.''

eBags is looking for a Web applications manager, Web content manager, Web designer and a Web application developer on the technology side. The company also is hiring a copywriter, customer support specialists, an affiliate marketing program manager, an affiliate program account executive and merchandising managers.

``The affiliate marketing program manager will manage the affiliate program,'' Cobb said. ``The affiliates will be other Internet sites or portals where we will have buttons that allow people on those sites to click through to our site. Those are our affiliates, like an America Online, bed and breakfasts, large hotel chains, airlines. All those would be considered possible affiliates.''

All the Web-related positions require substantial experience in related fields, and a degree is preferred.

``They have to be Internet savvy,'' Cobb said. ``And some will definitely have to be computer people, our Web designer, Web application developer.'' Pay ranges from $28,000 to $60,000 a year. A bachelor's degree is preferred for all positions, but not mandatory. Applicants should have three to five years of experience in a related field.

The Company was funded by Benchmark Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures, and funds from Goldman Sachs.

Eliot Cobb
CFO and Co-Founder






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