Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezosis an American technology entrepreneur and investor. He has played a role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products and services, most recently video streaming. Amazon.com became the largest retailer on the World Wide Web and a model for Internet sales...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 January 1964
CityAlbuquerque, NM
CountryUnited States of America
One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we'll turn out all right.
Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.
The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.
If you look at academic studies, you can see that stock prices are most closely correlated with cash flow. It's such a straightforward number. Cash flow is what will drive shareholder returns.
What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.
What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.
We are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet.
One of the things it was obvious you could do with an online store is have a much more complete selection.
If you're truly obsessed over customers, it'll cover a lot of errors.
What's dangerous is not to evolve.
Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good.