Billionaire Pierre Omidyar: Creating eBay

An interview with billionaire and founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar. In this interview Pierre discusses why he started eBay and building it as a company. Later Pierre talks about his childhood, early influences and finally philanthropy.

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Video Segments:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Creating a prototype for an online auction service in 1995
3:26 eBay grew at a phenomenal rate
4:25 Success and failure both present challenges
7:16 Did you ever doubt you would succeed?
8:12 Are online marketplaces the wave of the future?
9:39 Are you responsible for what is sold on Ebay?
14:36 Childhood interests
17:07 Influences
18:28 School
21:10 Writing a program to print catalog cards for school library
26:27 Advice for a young entrepreneur
28:18 Can ‘nice guys’ make it in a competitive business?
30:21 Plans for the future
32:42 Pros and cons of the new economy
35:29 The road ahead

Interview Date: 27th October, 2000
Event: Academy of Achievement
The Academy of Achievement interview supporting document: http://bit.ly/PierreAoA
Original Image Source:http://bit.ly/POmidyarPic

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