Jeff Bezos Quotes About Failing

Quotes about: Failing

• If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

  Jeff Bezos

  Entrepreneur, Details, Failing

  "What Would Jeff and Steve Say?" by Terence Roche, gonzobanker.com. March 17, 2014.

• If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to fail; you have to be willing to think long term; and you have to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

  Jeff Bezos

  Perseverance, Thinking, Long

• If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.

  Jeff Bezos

  Want, Failing, Willing

• It’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic. So if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan that there’s a 70 percent chance that the whole thing will fail, then that kind of relieves the pressure of self-doubt.

  Jeff Bezos

  Believe, Writing, Self

  "King of Cyber-Commerce". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 4, 2001.

• If you invent frequently and are willing to fail, then you never get to that point where you really need to bet the whole company.

  Jeff Bezos

  Innovation, Needs, Failing

• I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.

  Jeff Bezos

  Mean, Thinking, Long

  "Jeff Bezos explains why Amazon doesn’t really care about its competitors". www.geekwire.com. September 17, 2013.

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