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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

I built a system simple enough to sustain itself.

— Pierre Omidyar

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

— Pierre Omidyar

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

— Pierre Omidyar

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

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

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

— Pierre Omidyar

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

— Pierre Omidyar

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

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

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

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

— Pierre Omidyar