Jeff Bezos Quotes - Page 8

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• I definitely believe people should pay for copyrighted works. And the laws are sufficient: They already require you to pay for copyright work. There's no confusion. The problem is...it's a heck of a lot easier to steal MP3s than to buy them.

  Jeff Bezos

  Believe, Law, Mp3

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• You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.

  Jeff Bezos

  World, Narrative, Stories

  "'We Start With the Customer and We Work Backward'". Interview with Daniel Lyons, www.slate.com. December 24, 2009.

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• It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times.

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  People, Focus, Important

  "Online Extra: Q&A with Amazon's Jeff Bezos". Interview with Robert D. Hof, www.bloomberg.com. March 26, 2001.

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• I’m a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they’re simpler for customers.

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  Fans, Bigs, Plans

  "Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think". Interview with Steve Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

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• The Internet is disrupting every media industry...people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. And Amazon is not happening to book selling, the future is happening to book selling.

  Jeff Bezos

  Leadership, Book, Technology

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• You cannot make a business case that you should be who you are not

  Jeff Bezos

  Be Who You Are, Should, Cases

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• Ebooks had to happen.

  Jeff Bezos

  Happens

  "Jeff Bezos owns the web in more ways than you think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

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• Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable.

  Jeff Bezos

  Culture, Stable

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• You're not going to make Hemingway better by adding animations.

  Jeff Bezos

  Animation

  "What Uber, Amazon, and Facebook Don’t Want You to Know" by David Sable, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 19, 2017.

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• Our garage was basically science fair central.

  Jeff Bezos

  Garage, Science Fair, Fairs

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

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• What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.

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  Teamwork, People, Looks

  "Jeff Bezos: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2002.

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• I'm going to go do this crazy thing. I'm going to start this company selling books online.

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  Crazy, Book, Selling

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

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• I don't know about you, but most of my exchanges with cashiers are not that meaningful.

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  Meaningful, Cashiers, Knows

  "Brought to book" by Andrew Smith, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2001.

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• For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

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  Reading, People, Important

  "Why Bezos was surprised by the Kindle's success". Interview with Daniel Lyons, www.newsweek.com. December 20, 2009.

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• I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'

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  Novel, Skeptical

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• Cultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people.

  Jeff Bezos

  People, Culture, Evolve

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• ... if it's not your style to stretch and go the extra mile to make sure our customer experience is great, you're going to have an allergic reaction to this company. You probably won't stay. If you do try and stay, but can't adapt to the culture then it will reject you like a virus from a healthy immune system.

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  Rejects You, Healthy, Style

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• We are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet.

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  Machines, Internet, Stage

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• Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

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  Clever, Be Kind, Kind

  "We are What We Choose". Princeton University 2010 speech, www.princeton.edu. May 30, 2010.

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• My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.

  Jeff Bezos

  Views, Long, Term

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• Part of company culture is path-dependent. It’s the lessons you learn along the way.

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  Culture, Lessons, Way

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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.

  Jeff Bezos

  Simple, People, Mail

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• Not the outcome any of us wanted.

  Jeff Bezos

  Outcomes, Wanted

  "The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon". Book by Brad Stone, October 15, 2013.

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• Strip malls are history.

  Jeff Bezos

  Shopping, Malls

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• Many of the traits that make Amazon unusual are now deeply ingrained in the culture. In fact, if I wanted to change them, I couldn't. The cultures are self-reinforcing, and that's a good thing.

  Jeff Bezos

  Self, Amazon, Culture

  "I Asked Jeff Bezos The Tough Questions - No Profits, The Book Controversies, The Phone Flop - And He Showed Why Amazon Is Such A Huge Success". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. December 13, 2014.

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