“Wilke subscribed to the principles laid out in a seminal book about constraints in manufacturing, Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s The Goal, published in… — Brad Stone Books Copy Share Image
“In a world where consumers had limited choice, you needed to compete for locations,” says Ross, who went on to cofound eCommera,… — Brad Stone Business Copy Share Image
I think it's a competitive advantage that both Amazon and Google and other tech companies have over a lot of their counterparts.… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Eric Benson took about two weeks to construct a preliminary version that grouped together customers who had similar purchasing histories and then… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“The first week after the official launch, they took $12,000 in orders and shipped $846 worth of books, according to Eric Dillon,… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
On Sept. 12, 2016, there was a momentary realignment in the constellation of global business. For the first time, the five largest… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary,… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Just like Creation author Steve Grand had predicted, the creatures were evolving in ways that Bezos could not have imagined. It was… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“In early 2002, as part of a new personal ritual, he took time after the holidays to think and read. (In this… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Color-coded maps were widely distributed to employees at headquarters in Seattle. Travel to green states like Michigan was okay, but orange states… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“The book clearly resonated with Amazon’s founder. On the last page, a section completed a few weeks before his death, Walton wrote:… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Naturally, some of the reviews were negative. In speeches, Bezos later recalled getting an angry letter from an executive at a book… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the most avid user of Amazon’s auction site was Bezos himself, who began to collect various scientific and historical curiosities. Most… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Unlike traditional retailers, Amazon returned few unsold books, often less than 5 percent. The big book chains regularly returned 40 percent of… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“At the same time, Bezos became enamored with a book called Creation, by Steve Grand, the developer of a 1990s video game… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“from his company. After the stock market crash in 2000, Amazon went through two rounds of layoffs. But Bezos didn’t want to… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“The companies that solved the innovator’s dilemma, Christensen wrote, succeeded when they “set up autonomous organizations charged with building new and independent… — Brad Stone Business Copy Share Image
“Bezos is a fan of e-mail newsletters such as VSL.com, a daily assortment of cultural tidbits from the Web, and Cool Tools,… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
With tough interpretation of taxi and zoning regulations, neither Uber nor Airbnb would have gotten started. By the time many cities recognized… — Brad Stone Existence Copy Share Image
The one thing that Airbnb had was, Brian and Joe were designers, and they did a great job. They also had Nate… — Brad Stone Designers Copy Share Image
There are lots of retailers that are now scrambling to emulate the Amazon model, so Amazon does not have a monopoly on… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
