About Quote by Pierre Omidyar

“In February of 1996, about six months after I created eBay, I started receiving a spate of complaints. Everyone was complaining about each other. I felt very much like I was a parent who had to adjudicate the brothers beating each other up.”

Pierre Omidyar

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings)

More by Pierre Omidyar

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

Image

I built a system simple enough to sustain itself.

Pierre Omidyar

Image

If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.

Pierre Omidyar

Image

When you don't know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected.

Pierre Omidyar

Image

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

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 start a…

Pierre Omidyar

Image

In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents.

Pierre Omidyar

Image

Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship.

Pierre Omidyar

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

Pierre Omidyar

Image

Explore all 70 Pierre Omidyar quotes

More About quotes

If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to…

Laurie Helgoe

Image

Joking about violence is not funny.

Perez Hilton

Image

I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out.

Holly Willoughby

Image

With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.

Karin Slaughter

Image

I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they…

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Image

That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny.

Michael Jai White

Image

I learned a lot about myself at Oakmont.

Shane Lowry

Image

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon…

Magdalena Neuner

Image

Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical…

Nita Ambani