With Omidyar as the visionary and Skoll as the strategist, the company embarked on a mission to “help people trade practically anything on earth”. Their concept for eBay was to “create a place where people could do business just like in the old days – when everyone got to know each other personally, and we all felt like we were dealing on a one-to-one basis with individuals we could trust”. Initially, the two of them ran the business from Pierre Omidyar’s living room, but shortly after they moved into the facilities of a Silicon Valley business incubator for a time before moving in to their own facilities which they set up in San Jose, California.
Sa una, ang dalawa sa kanila ran ang negosyo mula sa living room Pierre Omidyar, ngunit ilang sandali lamang matapos sila ay inilipat sa mga kagamitan ng isang negosyo Silicon Valley incubator para sa isang oras bago lumipat sa sa kanilang sariling mga pasilidad na kung saan sila-set up sa San Jose, California.