CHART OF THE DAY: This Hot New York Startup Looks An Awful Lot Like eBay After Six Years

There's a reason people call Etsy the next eBay. Six years after their founding, both companies are showing eerily similar growth curves. Admittedly, Etsy is tackling a smaller slice of online retail than eBay, but that didn't bother the investors who valued the company at an estimated $688 million in its latest round of funding. 

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