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Jeff Bezos

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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."

— Jeff Bezosbusiness

"I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you."

— Jeff Bezosbusiness

"The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'"

— Jeff Bezosbusiness

"There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward."

— Jeff Bezosbusiness

"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business."

— Jeff Bezosbusiness

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

— Jeff Bezosbusiness

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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."

-Jeff Bezos

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"I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you."

-Jeff Bezos

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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?'"

-Jeff Bezos

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"There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward."

-Jeff Bezos

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"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business."

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

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"I've always been at the intersection of computers and whatever they can revolutionize."

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"If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful."

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"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."

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"If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful."

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"Strip malls are history."

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"The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren't thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren't putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home."

-Jeff Bezos

"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."

-Jeff Bezos

"Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital."

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"There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward."

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"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business."

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"Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration."

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