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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
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In Seattle you haven't had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running.
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Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize, and if you can do that by lowering margins, we would do that. So if you could take the free cash flow, that’s something that investors can spend. Investors can’t spend percentage margins.
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... if it's not your style to stretch and go the extra mile to make sure our customer experience is great, you're going to have an allergic reaction to this company. You probably won't stay. If you do try and stay, but can't adapt to the culture then it will reject you like a virus from a healthy immune system.
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If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large.
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There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.
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The framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called — which only a nerd would call — a “regret minimization framework.” So, I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, “Okay, now I’m looking back on my life. I want to have minimized the number of regrets I have.”
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I feel like in one year it's very easy to go from Internet poster boy to Internet piсata.
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.
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Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.
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I’m a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they’re simpler for customers.
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I don't buy stocks, I make stocks.
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The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.
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It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today
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We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines ... Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
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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.
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I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value.
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