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Amazon CEO Letters ( 2009 - 2018 ) : CEO Letters & Biz Reports Book 5
Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. It is the largest Internet company by revenue in the world and the second largest employer in the United States.
It has been named one of the most prestigious tech companies to work for in the US for multiple years by Forbes Magazine.
Amazon's stock price was around $2 in 1997 IPO and reached $2000 in 2018 - grew 1000 times in 21 years.
- Do you want to read Jeff Bezos' original shareholder letter in 1997 which talks about Amazon's vision for the future ?
- Do you want to know how Amazon.com survived the 2001 dot-com burst ?
- Do you want to know how Amazon became a pioneer in Cloud Computing through Amazon Web Services ?
- Do you want to know what leadership principles are followed at Amazon to make Amazon a trillion dollar company and Jeff Bezos the world's 1st Centi-Billionaire ?
This book contains compilation of annual letters from Jeff Bezos to all shareholders from 2009 to 2018 on Amazon's yearly growth.
A masterpiece in tech history. Must read for every entrepreneur willing to build a company as a brand.
It has been named one of the most prestigious tech companies to work for in the US for multiple years by Forbes Magazine.
Amazon's stock price was around $2 in 1997 IPO and reached $2000 in 2018 - grew 1000 times in 21 years.
- Do you want to read Jeff Bezos' original shareholder letter in 1997 which talks about Amazon's vision for the future ?
- Do you want to know how Amazon.com survived the 2001 dot-com burst ?
- Do you want to know how Amazon became a pioneer in Cloud Computing through Amazon Web Services ?
- Do you want to know what leadership principles are followed at Amazon to make Amazon a trillion dollar company and Jeff Bezos the world's 1st Centi-Billionaire ?
This book contains compilation of annual letters from Jeff Bezos to all shareholders from 2009 to 2018 on Amazon's yearly growth.
A masterpiece in tech history. Must read for every entrepreneur willing to build a company as a brand.
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222 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 8, 2018
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December 27, 2019
Fearless and endless innovation, customer focus and long term perspective visionary. No wonder why Amazon took over #1 commerce in all aspects. Here is little glimpse of the founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos, compilations of shareholder letter which included a copy of the original 19978 letter on each future shareholder letter, never forgetting and remaining Day 1.
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Day 1: It is all about the Long Term (since 1997 and the original 1997 letter has been continuously enclosed in the future shareholder letters, never forgetting the original goal of long term business mindset.) Bold investment. Work hard, and maintain lean culture. Obsess over Customer (most customer-centric company. To be afraid to wake up every morning terrified not for our competition but of our customers. Start with customers and work backwards. 360 of the 452 goals will have direct impact on customer experience. ). Employee (You can work long, hard or smart, but at Amazon.com you cannot choose two out of three.) Business model of cash-favored and capital efficient. Constant improvement, experimentation, and innovation in every initiative. Send email to jeff@amazon.com
~ Amazon Web Service, Fulfillment by Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing: creating powerful self-service platform that allow thousands of people to boldly experiment and accomplish things that would otherwise be impossible or impractical.
~ Benjamin Graham “In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.” We don’t celebrate a 10% increase in the stock price like we celebrate excellent customer experience. We are not 10% smarter when that happens and conversely aren’t 10% dumber when the stock goes the other way. We want to be weighted, and we are always working to build a heavier company.
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Day 1: It is all about the Long Term (since 1997 and the original 1997 letter has been continuously enclosed in the future shareholder letters, never forgetting the original goal of long term business mindset.) Bold investment. Work hard, and maintain lean culture. Obsess over Customer (most customer-centric company. To be afraid to wake up every morning terrified not for our competition but of our customers. Start with customers and work backwards. 360 of the 452 goals will have direct impact on customer experience. ). Employee (You can work long, hard or smart, but at Amazon.com you cannot choose two out of three.) Business model of cash-favored and capital efficient. Constant improvement, experimentation, and innovation in every initiative. Send email to jeff@amazon.com
~ Amazon Web Service, Fulfillment by Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing: creating powerful self-service platform that allow thousands of people to boldly experiment and accomplish things that would otherwise be impossible or impractical.
~ Benjamin Graham “In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.” We don’t celebrate a 10% increase in the stock price like we celebrate excellent customer experience. We are not 10% smarter when that happens and conversely aren’t 10% dumber when the stock goes the other way. We want to be weighted, and we are always working to build a heavier company.
~ Prime: prime members are ordering more items, across more categories.
~ Reader & Authors: Investing heavily on readers: integrating "goodreads.com" in to Kindle. Authors are ready to build fulfilling writing careers. We are missionaries for reading and keep inventing on behalf of writers and readers
~ Prime Instant Video: Amazon studio creating original contents
~ Fire TV
~ Audible: the world’s largest seller and producer of audiobooks
~ Fresh Grocery: Prime Fresh members pay $299 a year and receive same day and early morning delivery not only on fresh grocery items but also others.
April 12, 2020
My Alma mater! Read it, if not for anything else but inspiration!
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