“In order to access private capital, you have to provide competitive return on investment. In order to give competitive returns to investors, you've got to operate on a profitable basis and be thinking of yourself as a business.” ThinkingGivingOrderReturnBasesInvestmentAccessInvestorsProfitableThinking Of YouThinking Of YourselfReturn On Investment Author:Pierre Omidyar
“You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.” IfsThinkingShouldHardSuccessPassionSuccessfulHard WorkEntrepreneurPassionatePursueBeing SuccessfulPassion And SuccessHard Work Comes SuccessSmart Business 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
“I've got a passion for solving a problem that I think I can solve in a new way. And that maybe it helps that nobody has done it before as well.” ThinkingWayWellsI CanDoneHelpingProblemPassionSolveNew Ways Author: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 business because you think you're going to make a lot of money at it, then you probably won't be successful, because that's the wrong reason to start a business. 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 work that it takes to actually succeed there, and then you'll be successful.” IfsThinkingShouldBelieveHardReasonEnoughPassionHoursWorkBusinessSuccessfulHard WorkSucceedPassionatePursueBeing SuccessfulLots Of MoneySuccessful BusinessWrong Reasons Author:Pierre Omidyar
“In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation - think about doing that in philanthropy.” ThinkingWayWonderfulExampleInnovationConstantDrivenPhilanthropy 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
