Any business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan. JEFF BEZOS BusinessDifferentEncounterFailurePlanningRealitySuccessSurvive
If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table. JEFF BEZOS BusinessDecisionLeavingOpportunityTableWork
I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying. JEFF BEZOS BusinessFailureMotivationalRegretSuccess
One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting. JEFF BEZOS BusinessCustomerEntrepreneurExcitementExpectationFindingMorningRise
One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting. JEFF BEZOS BusinessCustomerEntrepreneurExcitementExpectationFindingMorningRise
Percentage 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 BEZOS BusinessCompanyMoneyPercentage
We can’t be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode. JEFF BEZOS BusinessGrowthInspirationalSuccessSurvival
