If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things.

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 have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.

You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.

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.

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.

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.