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.

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.

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

We believe that business can be a tool for social good.

You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you'll be successful. If you start a business because you think you're going to make a lot of money at it, then you probably won't be successful, because that's the wrong reason to start a business. 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.

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

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.