18 Quotes by Jeff Jordan

With the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones, the time has never been better for the merging of e-commerce and wireless devices.

I had a spectacular four years as OpenTable CEO and remain an active executive chairman. I think, for me, some of the interesting observations there are, you know, global is important, mobile is extremely important. And then, network businesses are very attractive.

I see all of the looks. It comes everywhere I go. I always notice that stuff.

I think if you look at the commonalities between eBay, PayPal and OpenTable, all three are businesses that built a network in a vertical. Network effect businesses are very attractive businesses.

Those are the main schools that are sending me stuff. So I just want to go out there and work on everything, since I know the players here are some of the best in the country. Just going out there and playing how I play will help my overall game. I don't worry about the rest.

We are working furiously to make customers as safe as they can be and to give them the tools to make their transactions as secure as possible.

When we talk about the things at Airbnb that are challenging and that they are going to have to overcome, the parallels with eBay are across the board. It's community management. It's making sure the marketplace is in balance - the right amount of buyers and sellers.

I've been managing Internet businesses since 1999. That's 12 years of being in the tornado, and it's pretty exhausting. I'll be looking at the next challenge, but in terms of operating an Internet business, I've scratched that itch very well.

Now, making payments is as easy as sending a text message.