Ebay's success as a company depends on the success of the community of sellers. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
A well-functioning microfinance bank can actually be a profitable business as well. So it became a perfect proof point that, through business,… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
I never had it in mind that I would start a company one day and it would really be successful. I have… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
Don't let people who you may respect and who you believe know what they're talking about, don't let them tell you it… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
In order to access private capital, you have to provide competitive return on investment. In order to give competitive returns to investors,… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
I want people to be entrepreneurs, but I want them to do it for the right reasons, because they think they can… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
News organisations that have been around a while have a lot of traditions and ways of doing things that may have served… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
The personal wealth that's coming is absolutely secondary to the stories that I hear about our users who have given themselves some… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you'll be successful. If you… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
A well-functioning microfinance bank can actually be a profitable business as well. So it became a perfect proof point that, through business, you can… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you'll be successful. If you start a… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
You have to really believe in what you're doing, be passionate enough about it so that you will put in the hours and hard… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it interactive, we… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much do anything you want. I always kind of just went ahead and… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
Technologists come at a problem from the point of view that the system is working a certain way, and if I engage in that… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
I developed an interest in supporting independent journalists in a way that leverages their work to the greatest extent possible, all in support of… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share
