Big things Quote by Brad Stone

“In the copy he brought to Kathryn Dalzell, he had underlined one particular passage in which Walton described borrowing the best ideas of his…

— Brad Stone

“from his company. After the stock market crash in 2000, Amazon went through two rounds of layoffs. But Bezos didn’t want to stop recruiting…

— Brad Stone

“I'd disagree with the characterisations of him as competitive (which I think was just misinterpretation of his ambition) or secretive (which I think is…

— Richard Brandt

“I didn’t know Jeff Bezos but I just remember being blown away by the fact that he was there with his sleeves rolled up,…

— Brad Stone

“Theoretically, great opportunities lay ahead of a young man of energy in that day and place, but Carl Miller had been incapable of establishing…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Bezos insisted the company needed to master anything that touched the hallowed customer experience, and he resisted any efforts to project profitability.”

— Brad Stone

There's been a realization in college athletics that an athletic director really is a businessman.

— Oliver Luck

“Bezos took a series of odd jobs throughout high school. One summer he famously worked as a fryer at a local McDonald’s, learning, among…

— Brad Stone

When I first left Nike to go work with LeBron and manage him, I was really bullish about managing other athletes. I really wanted…

— Maverick Carter

“By that time, Bezos and his executives had devoured and raptly discussed another book that would significantly affect the company’s strategy: The Innovator’s Dilemma,…

— Brad Stone

“Sales managers would willingly work with and mentor their people, and consider it part of their responsibility to coach their teams on selling skills.”

— Mike Weinberg

“If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we’ll turn out all right.” —Jeff Bezos”

— Jean-Paul Isson