Complaining is not a strategy.You have to work with the world as you find it, not as you would have it be.
JEFF BEZOZComplaining is not a strategy.You have to work with the world as you find it, not as you would have it be.
JEFF BEZOZOur success at Amazon is a function of how many experiments we do per year, per month, per week, per day.
JEFF BEZOZIt’s hard to find things that won’t sell online.
JEFF BEZOZMy view is there’s no bad time to innovate.
JEFF BEZOSPercentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.
JEFF BEZOSInvention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don’t do anything new.
JEFF BEZOZThe pain and emotional trauma caused by the racism and violence we are witnessing toward the black community has a long reach.
JEFF BEZOZIf you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve.
JEFF BEZOSTeachers, who are really good create that environment where you can be very satisfied by the process of learning.
JEFF BEZOZAny business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.
JEFF BEZOSWe see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.
JEFF BEZOZI knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.
JEFF BEZOSWe are our choices. Build yourself a great story.
JEFF BEZOZOne 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.
JEFF BEZOZIf you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
JEFF BEZOZIf you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.
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