“Book publishers needed only to listen to Jeff Bezos himself to have their fears stoked. Amazon’s founder repeatedly suggested he had little… — Brad Stone Books Copy Share Image
“Bezos kept pushing for more. He asked Blake to exact better terms from the smallest publishers, who would go out of business… — Brad Stone Amazon 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 Amazon Copy Share Image
“Each group was required to propose its own “fitness function”—a linear equation that it could use to measure its own impact without… — Brad Stone Fitness Copy Share Image
“People don’t have any idea yet how impactful the Internet is going to be and that this is still Day 1 in… — Brad Stone Internet Copy Share Image
For decades, technology entrepreneurship has been revered, and people like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk were heroes. — Brad Stone Elon musk Copy Share Image
“Bezos announced that employees could no longer use such corporate crutches and would have to write their presentations in prose, in what… — Brad Stone Storytelling Copy Share Image
“Do I need to go down and get the certificate that says I’m CEO of the company to get you to stop… — Brad Stone Business Copy Share Image
“You have to start somewhere,' he said. 'You climb the top of the first tiny hill and from there you see the… — Brad Stone Climb Copy Share Image
Uber's issue, I think the biggest one is driverless cars. That could be a complete reset to the business. — Brad Stone Business Copy Share Image
“If somebody else can sell it cheaper than us, we should let them and figure out how they are able to do… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and… — Brad Stone Character Copy Share Image
“Steady progress toward seemingly impossible goals will win the day. Setbacks are temporary. Naysayers are best ignored.” — Brad Stone Failure Copy Share Image
“When New York passed its Internet sales-tax law, Amazon’s sales in New York State dropped 10 percent over the next quarter, according… — Brad Stone Internet Copy Share Image
“He says Bezos takes a red pen to press releases, product descriptions, speeches, and shareholder letters, crossing out anything that does not… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Taleb argued that the limitations of the human brain resulted in our species’ tendency to squeeze unrelated facts and events into cause-and-effect… — Brad Stone Human brain 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 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
“Unlike traditional retailers, Amazon returned few unsold books, often less than 5 percent. The big book chains regularly returned 40 percent of… — Brad Stone Amazon 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 Amazon Copy Share Image
Amazon is famously run by studying and responding to its own data; yet when it comes to promotions, decisions are often subjective… — Brad Stone Amazon Copy Share Image
