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Jeff Bezos Letter to Amazon Shareholders 1997
Jeff Bezos' quote:
"We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details. We are long-term optimists and short-term realists."
“We will continue to make investment decisions in light of long-term market leadership considerations rather than short-term profitability considerations or short-term Wall Street reactions.” Focusing on the long term allows the interests of your customers, who want better and faster services cheaper, and the interests of your shareholders, who wan... See more
Jeff Bezos • Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson
A relevant quote from Peter Thiel: “If you focus on near-term growth above all else, you miss the most important question you should be asking: will this business still be around a decade from now?”
Jeff Bezos • Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letters | Founders Podcast with David Senra #282 • Podcast Notes
My guess is that Amazon’s success is a byproduct, a side-effect of a process driven, flexible, in-the-moment way of being. In the famous 1997 letter to shareholders, which lays out Amazon’s philosophy, Bezos says that their process is simple: a “relentless focus on customers.” This is not a goal to be strived for, worked towards, achieved, and the
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