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Topic: Pierre Omidyar

  
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP   |  Comment

eBay and Social Change

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Sep 14, 2004 at 4:38 PM

The Omidyar Network was founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife to help "more people discover their own power to make good things happen." For the most part, the online workspace for the network -- once closed but now ...READ»

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Q&A: Pierre Omidyar - Empower Seller

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:18 AM

Pierre Omidyar's network funds both nonprofits and for-profits. No matter, as long as they do good.READ»

GUEST HOST: KEITH YAMASHITA   |  Comment

Systems Thinking: The Product


Relevancy Score: 45
Fri Aug 20, 2004 at 11:41 AM

Building on my previous entry... In some cases, companies are such good systems thinkers that what they offer up to their customers is, in fact, a beautfully constructed system -- their product is the system they've built. eBay is ...READ»

GUEST HOST: KEITH YAMASHITA   |  Comment

Systems Thinking: The Product


Relevancy Score: 45
Fri Aug 20, 2004 at 11:41 AM

Building on my previous entry... In some cases, companies are such good systems thinkers that what they offer up to their customers is, in fact, a beautfully constructed system -- their product is the system they've built. eBay is ...READ»

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WALLSTATS   |  Comment

Curious About Your Tax Dollars? Don't Miss This Poster

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 43
Fri Apr 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM

Where do the trillions of dollars we pay in taxes go? Sure, the answer's public record, and you can see a copy of Obama's new budget yourself. But unless you're a policy wonk, you won't want to wade through it. You'd get a ...READ»

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP   |  1 comment

Credit For All


Relevancy Score: 31
Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 3:41 PM

For Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank who just won the Nobel Peace Prize, access to credit is a human right. Providing credit to the world’s poor, Yunus believes, clashes with the profit-maximizing goal of conventional ...READ»

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What Executives Learn at Summer Camp

BY Jennifer Alsever
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:57 AM

Camp isn't just for kids anymore. Gather round the fire and learn, corporate types.READ»

ILYA BODNER   |  Comment

Jeff Skoll: Doing Good Business

BY Ilya Bodner
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 1:34 PM

 Jeff Skoll achieved notoriety as the first president and second full-time employee of the internet auction company, eBay. He became a man with a mission after getting a wakeup call at the age of 14 when his father ...READ»

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Contributors

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 26
Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 6:05 PM

Jill Greenberg Photographer Jill Greenberg created a stir when she made some toddlers cry--on purpose. She'd taken away their lollipops just long enough to get her shot. But there were no tears when she photographed Discovery's ...READ»

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A Lever Long Enough to Move the World

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 24
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:51 AM

Social visionary Bill Drayton is creating a network of incalculable problem-solving power.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  10 comments

A Lever Long Enough to Move the World

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 24
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:51 AM

Social visionary Bill Drayton is creating a network of incalculable problem-solving power.READ»

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The eBay Experience

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 22
Fri Apr 30, 2004 at 6:57 PM

Andre Haddad is the vice president of user experience and design for eBay. Previously, he worked as eBay's managing director for France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium. At GEL, he talked about eBay's true origin, the ...READ»

ADVERTISING   |  1 comment

The Power of the Brand Story.

BY eustacia k.
Relevancy Score: 19
Mon Sep 29, 2008 at 10:18 AM

Those of us in the daily grind of advertising work in brands all day; brand personality, brand voice, brand building, brand positioning, brand equity, yadi yadi yah.   But in all the day-to-day monotony, how often do we remember the ...READ»

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eBay’s Chaos Theory

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 18
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:24 AM

With its buyers swamped by a sea of choices-and its growth rate slowing-the online giant gambles on helping shoppers find what they want.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Face Time With Meg Whitman

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 14
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:26 AM

The CEO of eBay runs one of the few dotcoms that's still left standing. What will be the opening bid for her words of wisdom?READ»

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Business Fights Back: eBay Learns to Trust Again

BY George Anders
Relevancy Score: 11
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:32 AM

The world's most successful Internet company is based on two pillars of growth: the global spread of Internet-style capitalism and confidence in the basic goodness of the people who do business on the site. Both ideas came under attack on September 11.READ»

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Winning the Relationship Game

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 10
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:45 AM

Some ace relationship builders tell us why it's vital to turn business acquaintances into trusted partners and friends -- and how to do it.READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS   |  Comment

Built to Flip - Where Do You Come Down?

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 7
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:12 AM

Has Built to Flip overthrown Built to Last? Should it? Fast Company asked five commentators to tell us where they come down on those questions -- and to offer strong opinions that will spark debate.READ»