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It is not really work if you are having fun.
I built a system simple enough to sustain itself.
I always kind of just went ahead and tried things.
A lot of people don't just go ahead and try things.
We believe that business can be a tool for social good.
We ought to be looking at business as a force for good.
You’re able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish.
An honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.
Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.
When you don't know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected.
Whatever future you're building, don't try to program everything.
Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer.
Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.
I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion.
I'm a technologist by origin and by training, but I'm focused on philanthropy.
Ebay's success as a company depends on the success of the community of sellers.
I started eBay as an experiment, as a side hobby basically, while I had my day job.
Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship.
If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.
By building a simple system, with just a few guiding principles, eBay was open to organic growth.
My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.
In terms of my belief that one individual can make a difference - that belief comes from my parents.
Companies in Silicon Valley invest a lot in understanding their users and what drives user engagement.
If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things.
I just kind of had this naive approach to - well, gee, you know, why not. I’ll just go ahead and do it.
I have always been of the opinion that the right kind of journalism is a critical part of our democracy.
In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer.
In the early days of eBay, I articulated for the very first time this belief that people are basically good.
You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.
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.
You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time.
Build a platform - prepare for the unexpected...you' ll know you're successful when the platform you've built serves you in unexpected ways.
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.
I do like to fly under the radar. When I walk around town, the only people I want to recognise me and call me by my name are the folks at Starbucks.
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.
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.
I never had it in mind that I would start a company one day and it would really be successful. I have just been motivated by working on interesting technology
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.
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.
When you have mass surveillance, it's impossible to meet the intent of the First Amendment because reporters can't talk to sources because sources are afraid to talk.
I developed an interest in supporting independent journalists in a way that leverages their work to the greatest extent possible, all in support of the public interest.
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.
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 close enough to squeeze through.
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.
Be an enzyme - a catalyst for change. As a slogan, I don't know if that's ever going to be right up there with Ich Bin Ein Berliner, or “I Have A Dream,” but there's a lot of truth to it.
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.
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.
Advertisers don't want to put their ads next to the investigative story; it's extremely difficult to do that. And very few people today actually read those serious news stories on the Web now.
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.
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.