Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users sentiments.

I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.

What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good.

I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda

Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.

We also need to reduce corporate tax rates. This applies to small, medium and large businesses. At 35 percent, we have the second highest corporate rates in the world. It restricts the growth of small enterprises that need to plow capital back into their businesses and forces companies and jobs to move overseas.

When a small business grows like eBay did, it has a multiplier effect. It creates other small businesses that supply it with intellectual capital, goods and services.