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Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
Computer Scientist
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
Jeff Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston ''Jeff'' Bezos
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On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It's very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big.
Jeff Bezos
We like to pioneer, we like to explore, we like to go down dark alleys and see what's on the other side.
Jeff Bezos
Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the hot passion of the day.
Jeff Bezos
If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.
Jeff Bezos
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.
Jeff Bezos
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.
Jeff Bezos
If there’s one reason we have done better than of our peers in the Internet space over the last six years, it is because we have focused like a laser on customer experience.
Jeff Bezos
You don't want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.
Jeff Bezos
There's so much stuff that has yet to be invented. There's so much new that's going to happen. People don't have any idea yet how impactful the internet is going to be and that this is still Day 1 in such a big way.
Jeff Bezos
It’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic. So if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan that there’s a 70 percent chance that the whole thing will fail, then that kind of relieves the pressure of self-doubt.
Jeff Bezos
Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress.
Jeff Bezos
One of the things that I hope will distinguish Amazon.com is that we continue to be a company that defies easy analogy. This requires a lot of innovation, and innovation requires a lot of random walk.
Jeff Bezos
The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
Jeff Bezos
Not the outcome any of us wanted.
Jeff Bezos
And I still buy books at B&N, Borders and Elliot Bay ... I probably shouldn't admit this. But I don't care. I love great bookstores.
Jeff Bezos
You don't chose your passion, your passion choses you
Jeff Bezos
I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.
Jeff Bezos
Obsess about customers, not competitors.
Jeff Bezos
If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking about.
Jeff Bezos
Our alliance with Toysrus.com has proven to be a great win for customers, and we've looked forward to taking the next step by introducing the new Babiesrus.com teamed with Amazon.com store since we forged the alliance last August.
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