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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
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Jeffrey Preston ''Jeff'' Bezos
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My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.
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The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.
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We watch our competitors, learn from them, see the things that they were doing for customers and copy those things as much as we can.
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People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it.
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If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.
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For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!
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We were hoping to build a small profitable company and of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company.
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You don't choose your passions your passions choose you.
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I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'
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I'm going to go do this crazy thing. I'm going to start this company selling books online.
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Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration.
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The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
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For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.
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If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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You know, if you make a customer unhappy they won't tell five friends, they'll tell 5,000 friends. So, we are at a point now where we have all of the things we need to build an important and lasting company, and if we don't, it will be shame on us.
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Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.
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