Meg Whitman Ebay Quotations

Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce

You look at the tremendous success of Facebook. To my mind there is not a lot of commerce going on in these social networking sites. eBay is a community anchored in commerce. It is a commerce site that built a community around it. What has not been proven is if the reverse can happen and people will go to community sites to do commerce.

These results demonstrate that our continued focus on expanding the eBay marketplace is accelerating the company's growth around the world.

We are very pleased with our second-quarter results. Everyday the eBay marketplace becomes indispensable to more people and small businesses around the world.

There's no question that seasonal trends are becoming more pronounced as eBay becomes more mainstream,

It's an area of opportunity for the company, ... The buying that is being transacted on eBay is now so large that we have the mass to go to UPS or Fedex and try to get a deal that would be beneficial to our community.

EBay is a significant enabler of economic opportunity in Europe.

This past quarter, we continued our efforts to bring a wider audience to eBay through a variety of marketing endeavors including online and traditional advertising, grassroots marketing, public relations and strong word of mouth referrals.

When a small business grows like eBay did, it has a multiplier effect. It creates other small businesses that supply it with intellectual capital, goods and services.

For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal - the wallet on eBay

eBay had two main things that really spoke to me. It enabled individuals to do things that they could not have done without the Web. The second thing was what Pierre said: "People have met their best friends on eBay. What this has enabled is truly online community."