Occupation: Entrepreneur Birth: June 21, 1967
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 ma….
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….
In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer..
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 actua….
I started eBay as an experiment, as a side hobby basically, while I had my day job..
I've been asked before, "Who are your heroes?" and these types of questions. I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or th….
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 tal….
I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much do anything you want. I always kind of just went ahead and tried things..
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 t….
If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things..
We ought to be looking at business as a force for good..
The personal wealth that's coming is absolutely secondary to the stories that I hear about our users who have given themselves some financial indepen….
To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens, you're c….
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 a….
Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer..
People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it interactive, we c….
Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity..
You’re able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish..
I always kind of just went ahead and tried things..
I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion..
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 be….