“The Kindle wasn’t an overnight success, of course, but an avalanche of publicity and its prominent placement at the top of the… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
Donald Trump won, or he got the majority of the electoral votes, a large majority. I think it would be patronizing to… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“All new hires had to directly improve the outcome of the company. He wanted doers—engineers, developers, perhaps merchandise buyers, but not managers.… — Brad Stone Business Copy Share Image
“The membership fee is a onetime pain, but it’s reinforced every time customers walk in and see forty-seven-inch televisions that are two… — Brad Stone Television Copy Share Image
“In the copy he brought to Kathryn Dalzell, he had underlined one particular passage in which Walton described borrowing the best ideas… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of… — Brad Stone Commencement speech Copy Share Image
I don't think we yet know - because it's probably not big enough - what exactly Amazon does to our cities, but… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
A lot of the drawbacks, a lot of the difficulties that Uber has had, have been completely predictable, and they handled them… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“There were several immediate reasons for the stock market’s reversal. The excesses of the dot-com boom had begun to wear on investors.… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“That summer, Harrison Miller and Bezos butted heads in front of the board of directors over the size of the bet on… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“If you want to get to the truth about what makes us different, it’s this,” Bezos says, veering into a familiar Jeffism:… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“When you are in the thick of things, you can get confused by small stuff,” Bezos said a few years later. “I… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“We believe that a fundamental measure of our success will be the shareholder value we create over the long term. This value… — Brad Stone Investing Copy Share Image
“Miller knew nothing about toy retailing, but in a pattern that would recur over and over, Bezos didn’t care. He was looking… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“All new hires had to directly improve the outcome of the company. He wanted doers—engineers, developers, perhaps merchandise buyers, but not managers.… — Brad Stone Business Copy Share Image
“As part of his ongoing quest for a better allocation of his own time, he decreed that he would no longer have… — Brad Stone Adventure Copy Share Image
“Look, you should wake up worried, terrified every morning,” he told his employees. “But don’t be worried about our competitors because they… — Brad Stone Every morning Copy Share Image
“Despite his famously hearty laugh and cheerful public persona, he is capable of the same kind of acerbic outbursts as Apple’s late… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“What we are doing here is building a giant rocket ship, and we’re going to light the fuse. Then it’s either going… — Brad Stone Moon Copy Share Image
Uber, and Airbnb to a different extent, implemented the same battle plan. Bezos is an investor in both companies and, to some… — Brad Stone Battle Copy Share Image
“Later Bezos recalled speaking at an all-hands meeting called to address the assault by Barnes & Noble. “Look, you should wake up… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
