Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen, popularly known as Jeff Bezos, is an investor, online retail and technology pioneer from the U.S, and the founder and CEO of global technology and retail giant Amazon.com. Bezos is counted among the greatest entrepreneurs in history for revolutionising the online retail industry and spawning a global industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars. He studied at Princeton University, where he acquired a degree in computer science and electrical engineering in 1986. He worked for some time in a range of jobs before launching Amazon in 1994 and the company has grown into the biggest online retail website in the world. Bezos has diversified the company as well and Amazon Web Services provides a range of services that has further consolidated the company’s position as one of the most important corporations in the world. On the other hand, he is also regarded as one of the leading thinkers in the world due to his vision. He stands as the 5th richest person in the world. Bezos'ideas are not only different but often at odds with many of the business leaders. Being a pioneer in e-commerce, he has shared his thoughts and ideas through his sppeches, interviews or writings and influenced many young minds. He is one of the most inspirational and quotable business leaders today. We have tried to unearth some of his most quotable quotes. We bring to you a collection of his sayings and thoughts on leadership, business, entrepreneurship, innovation and technology that are sure to motivate and inspire you.
Jeff Bezos Quotes on Business Every Entrepreneur Should Read
1. "If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we'll turn out all right."
2. "People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often."
3. "E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being."
4. "I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful."
4. "Work Hard, have fun, make history."
5. "The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy."
6. "Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new."
7. "We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details…."
8. "Your margin is my opportunity."
9. "We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better."
10. "We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode."
11. "If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table."
12. "If you never want to be criticized, for goodness' sake don't do anything new."
13. "It's not an experiment if you know it's going to work."
14. "A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well."
15. "The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was."
16. "In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world, that inverts."
17. "Cultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people."
18. "Position yourself with something that captures your curiosity, something that you're missionary about."
19. "Maintain a firm grasp of the obvious at all times."
20. "Business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in."
21. "As a company, one of our greatest cultural strengths is accepting the fact that if you’re going to invent, you’re going to disrupt."
22. "One of the things that I hope will distinguish Amazon.com is that we continue to be a company that defies easy analogy. This requires a lot of innovation, and innovation requires a lot of random walk."
23. “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.”
24. “If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness.”
25. “You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.”
26. “If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.”
27. “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.”
28. “The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer. Our goal is to be earth’s most customer-centric company.”
29. “My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.”
30. "Failure and invention are inseparable twins.”
31. “It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.”
32. “I know that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I know the one thing I might regret is not trying.”
35. "A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny because shiny doesn’t last.”
36. "Any business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan. ”
37. “Your brand is what people say about you after you leave the room.”
38. “My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.”
39. "If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.”
40. "If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we’ll turn out all right.”
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