“Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.” PeopleIfsLongHappensTermLong Term Author: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 could create an auction, we could create a real marketplace. And that's really what triggered my imagination, if you will, and that's what I did.” PeopleIfsRealImaginationInternetBoardsMy ImaginationMarketplaceInteractiveAuctionsBulletin Board Author:Pierre Omidyar
“One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself to the kind of culture shock that occurs when you talk to people who speak a different language.” PeopleTryingKindDifferentCultureSpeakLanguageVoiceVarietyShockDifferent LanguagesCulture Shock Author:Pierre Omidyar
“When you look at the accomplishments of accomplished people and you say, “Boy, that must have been really hard,” ... that was probably easy. And conversely, when you look at something that looks easy, that was probably hard. And so you’re never going to know which is which until you actually go and do it.” PeopleKnowsLooksHas BeensHardEasyBoysAccomplishmentAccomplished Author:Pierre Omidyar
“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
“If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things.” PeopleIfsCan DoStrangerRemarkableGet OverDistrustInitials Author:Pierre Omidyar
“We believe people are basically good. We believe everyone has something to contribute. We encourage you to treat others the way that you want to be treated.” PeopleWayWantBelieveTreatsTreated 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
“When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through access to an efficient market. I actually wasn't thinking about it in terms of a social impact. It was really about helping people connect around a sphere of interest so they could do business.” PeopleIfsThinkingHelpingUseSocialTermInterestBusinessPowerInternetImpactAccessExperimentsSpheresEfficientHobbiesHelping PeopleEmpoweredEbaySocial ImpactEfficient Markets Author:Pierre Omidyar
“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 can't be done because often they will tell you it can't be done, and it's just because they don't have the courage to try.” PeopleKnowsTryingBelieveMayDoneBusinessTalking Author:Pierre Omidyar
“An honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.” PeopleEnvironmentHonest Author:Pierre Omidyar
“What makes eBay successful.. the real value and the real power at eBay is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and forming a marketplace.” PeopleRealTogetherSuccessValuesCommunitySuccessfulMarketplaceSellersBuyersComing TogetherReal PowerReal ValueEbay Author:Pierre Omidyar
“I want people to be entrepreneurs, but I want them to do it for the right reasons, because they think they can change the world, because they think they have got something of value to give to the world. Not because they think they can make a lot of money.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantGivingReasonValuesEntrepreneurChanging The WorldLots Of Money Author:Pierre Omidyar
