Jeff Bezos quotes

If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting. (Jeff Bezos)
Your margin is my opportunity. View quote
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If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. View quote
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A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. View quote
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The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil. View quote
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I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures. View quote
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What's dangerous is not to evolve. View quote
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I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out. View quote
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Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners. View quote
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There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second. View quote
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A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last. (Jeff Bezos)
If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new. View quote
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The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not? View quote
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities. View quote
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If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young. View quote
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Communication is a sign of dysfunction. It means people aren't working together in a close, organic way. We should be trying to figure out ways for teams to communicate less with each other, not more. View quote
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We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient. If you replace ‘customer' with ‘reader,' that approach, that point of view, can be successful at The Post, too. View quote
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We're building what's called a private cloud for them [the C. I. A. ], ... because they don't want to be on the public cloud. View quote
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You gotta earn your keep in this world. When you invent something new, if customers come to the party, it's disruptive to the old way. View quote
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Be stubborn on the vision, but flexible on the details. View quote
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That kind of divine discontent comes from observing customers and noticing that things can always be better. (Jeff Bezos)
My own view is that every company requires a long-term view. View quote
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I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece. View quote
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People forget already how much utility they get out of the Internet - how much utility they get out of e-mail, how much utility they get out of even simple things like brochureware online. View quote
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Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable. View quote
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