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
If you're long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned.
It's harder to be kind than clever
You want to look at what other companies are doing. It's very important not to be hermetically sealed. But you don't want to look at it as if, 'OK, we're going to copy that.' You want to look at it and say, 'That's very interesting. What can we be inspired to do as a result of that?' And then put your own unique twist on it.
What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.
To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
I'm not prepared to make any multi-decade commitments.
I feel like in one year it's very easy to go from Internet poster boy to Internet piсata.
Feel free to cover Amazon any way you want. Feel free to cover Jeff Bezos any way you want.
I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg.
Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you.
Part of company culture is path-dependent. It’s the lessons you learn along the way.
Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.
Strip malls are history.