“A lot of people don’t just go ahead and try things. They’ll have an idea and they’ll say — they’ll convince themselves or other people will convince them that it can’t be done. You know, one or the other. Actually I think that the first is even more dangerous and more serious. It’s convincing yourself that it can’t be done.” PeopleTryingFirstsIdeasDoneDangerousSeriousConvinceConvincingConvincing Yourself Author:Pierre Omidyar
“In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer.” FirstsMadeDevelopmentComputerSoftwareInkTablets Author:Pierre Omidyar
“We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.” PeopleFirstsHumansNumbersBusinessTechnologyRichInternetFirst TimeConnectionsSocial MediaDigitalHuman HistoryDigital MarketingSocial Media MarketingDigital Media Author: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 of trust, either in the other person or the system.” PeopleFirstsPersonsBusinessTechnologyEnablingEbay Author:Pierre Omidyar