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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.

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.