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Pierre Omidyar Quotes

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity Picture Quote #1

We ought to be looking at business as a force for good Picture Quote #1

Ebay’s success as a company depends on the success of the community of sellers Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you’ll rarely be disappointed Picture Quote #1

In the early days of eBay, I articulated for the very first time this belief that people are basically good Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Technologists come at a problem from the point of view that the system is working a certain way, and if I engage in that system and actually change the rules of the system, I can make it work a different way Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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What I’m really focused on is connecting people around shared interests, so together they can make good stuff happen. I’m more focused on helping people discover their power as individuals, but through those connections with one another Picture Quote #1

My dad was a physician. As a kid, I remember driving around with him on weekends so he could do his rounds at the hospital and talk to patients. We’d spend time in the car talking about what was going on with them, their stories Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I’ve done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally capable. What people lack is equal opportunity Picture Quote #1

The personal wealth that’s coming is absolutely secondary to the stories that I hear about our users who have given themselves some financial independence as well by starting businesses, and all the lives we’ve touched positively Picture Quote #1

I had always been interested in markets - specifically, the theory that in financial markets, goods will trade at a fair value only when everyone has access to the same information Picture Quote #1

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What we say here every day is that our success is really based on our members’ success, our community’s success. We’ve created an infrastructure and laid some basic ground rules to create this marketplace Picture Quote #1

Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and techniques. There’s a lot of training and learning that goes on, which adds to the cost of the model Picture Quote #1

You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time Picture Quote #1

Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer Picture Quote #1

We believe that business can be a tool for social good Picture Quote #1

Whatever future you’re building, don’t try to program everything Picture Quote #1

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When you don’t know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected Picture Quote #1

I built a system simple enough to sustain itself Picture Quote #1

An honest, open environment can bring out the best in people Picture Quote #1

I always kind of just went ahead and tried things… Picture Quote #1

I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion Picture Quote #1

It is not really work if you are having fun Picture Quote #1

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Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) We ought to be looking at business as a force for good (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) Ebay’s success as a company depends on the success of the community of sellers (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) 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 (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) 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 (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) 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 (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you’ll rarely be disappointed (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) In the early days of eBay, I articulated for the very first time this belief that people are basically good. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) 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. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) 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. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) Technologists come at a problem from the point of view that the system is working a certain way, and if I engage in that system and actually change the rules of the system, I can make it work a different way. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) 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. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) What I’m really focused on is connecting people around shared interests, so together they can make good stuff happen. I’m more focused on helping people discover their power as individuals, but through those connections with one another. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) My dad was a physician. As a kid, I remember driving around with him on weekends so he could do his rounds at the hospital and talk to patients. We’d spend time in the car talking about what was going on with them, their stories. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) 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. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I’ve done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally capable. What people lack is equal opportunity. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) The personal wealth that’s coming is absolutely secondary to the stories that I hear about our users who have given themselves some financial independence as well by starting businesses, and all the lives we’ve touched positively. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) I had always been interested in markets - specifically, the theory that in financial markets, goods will trade at a fair value only when everyone has access to the same information. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) What we say here every day is that our success is really based on our members’ success, our community’s success. We’ve created an infrastructure and laid some basic ground rules to create this marketplace. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and techniques. There’s a lot of training and learning that goes on, which adds to the cost of the model. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time. (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) We believe that business can be a tool for social good (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) Whatever future you’re building, don’t try to program everything (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) When you don’t know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) I built a system simple enough to sustain itself (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) An honest, open environment can bring out the best in people (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) I always kind of just went ahead and tried things… (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion (Pierre Omidyar Quotes) It is not really work if you are having fun (Pierre Omidyar Quotes)

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