Quote

I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg.

Jeff Bezos

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen
Jeff Preston Bezos
Jeffrey Preston ''Jeff'' Bezos
Records
History
Gutenberg
Surprised
Internet
Wouldn
Second

More quotes by Jeff Bezos

Image
People don't want gadgets, they want services.
Jeff Bezos
Image
In Seattle you haven't had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running.
Jeff Bezos
Image
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
Image
There are multiple ways to be externally focused that are very successful. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.
Jeff Bezos
Image
The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create.
Jeff Bezos
Image
We are pioneers and the history of pioneers is not that good.
Jeff Bezos
Image
Feel free to cover Amazon any way you want. Feel free to cover Jeff Bezos any way you want.
Jeff Bezos
Image
I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.
Jeff Bezos
Image
You cannot make a business case that you should be who you are not
Jeff Bezos
Image
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
Image
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.
Jeff Bezos
Image
When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt what they’re doing. If they’re not right, if you really have conviction that they’re not right, you need to have that long-term willingness to be misunderstood. It’s a key part of invention.
Jeff Bezos
Image
You don't chose your passion, your passion choses you
Jeff Bezos
Image
For people who are readers, reading is important to them.
Jeff Bezos
Image
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.
Jeff Bezos
Image
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.
Jeff Bezos
Image
If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large.
Jeff Bezos
Image
Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.
Jeff Bezos
Image
Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room
Jeff Bezos
Image
If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn't otherwise accomplish.
Jeff Bezos