Microloans enable the poor to lift themselves out of poverty through entrepreneurship.

By building a simple system, with just a few guiding principles, eBay was open to organic growth.

In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer.

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.

I've been asked before, "Who are your heroes?" and these types of questions. I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or this sort of thing. I've always been forward looking. I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want. You're able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish. I was given a sense of confidence and I never really felt the need to - or I've never had the benefit, I should probably say - of being inspired by outside heroes.

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.

Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer.