The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology,… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share 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… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
If you have a business model that relies on customers being misinformed, you better start working on changing your business model. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We're building a unique global platform...In the last 18 months we found that sellers and partners are interested in complementing their online… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?' — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
... if it's not your style to stretch and go the extra mile to make sure our customer experience is great, you're… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Your brand is formed primarily, not by what your company says about itself, but what the company does. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer. Our goal is to be earth's most customer-centric company. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
“I very frequently get the question: 'What's going to change in the next 10 years?' And that is a very interesting question;… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The question really is, are you improving the world? And you can do that in many models. You can do that in… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share 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… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
“No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in.” — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Any business plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
One of the things that I hope will distinguish Amazon.com is that we continue to be a company that defies easy analogy.… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I think technology advanced faster than anticipated. In that whirlwind, a lot of companies didn't survive. The reason we have done well is because,… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We also have no incentive compensation of any kind. And the reason we don’t is because it is detrimental to teamwork. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We're not competitor obsessed, we're customer obsessed. We start with the customer and we work backwards. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
