You Are Not Late

These approaches have been tried unsucccesfully in the past, but things are different now. The world changed more rapidly in the past month than the last half-century. The time to start this company is now. Today. The entire services industry just collapsed, and millions of fresh Internet immigrants are online, twiddling their thumbs, wondering wha... See more

Optimism for the future. “What’s really incredible about this is that this is Day One. This is the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce. The late 20th Century is just a great time to be alive.” Realizing that he was at the very beginning and taking a long-term view let Bezos make smart strategic decisions, like selling books despite the smaller ... See more