In February of 1996, about six months after I created eBay, I started receiving a spate of complaints. Everyone was complaining about each other. I felt very much like I was a parent who had to adjudicate the brothers beating each other up.
It is not really work if you are having fun. - Pierre Omidyar
It is not really work if you are having fun.
- Pierre Omidyar
When you don't know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected. - Pierre Omidyar
When you don't know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected.
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. - 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.
Whatever future you're building, don't try to program everything. - Pierre Omidyar
Whatever future you're building, don't try to program everything.
Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power. - Pierre Omidyar
Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.
We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of p… - 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 p…
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 t… - 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 t…
By building a simple system, with just a few guiding principles, eBay was open to organic growth. - Pierre Omidyar
By building a simple system, with just a few guiding principles, eBay was open to organic growth.
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful. - Pierre Omidyar
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.
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