When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet … - Pierre Omidyar

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Pierre Omidyar

When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through access to an efficient market. I actually wasn't thinking about it in terms of a social impact. It was really about helping people connect around a sphere of interest so they could do business.

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People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it interactive, we could create an auction, we could create a real marketplace. And that's really what triggered my imagination, if you will, and that's what I did.

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It is not really work if you are having fun.

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Build a platform - prepare for the unexpected. . . you' ll know you're successful when the platform you've built serves you in unexpected ways.

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

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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.

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