Jeff Bezos: Learning from an Incredible Entrepreneur 12 comments
July 23, 2009
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Bezos is incredible. It is no wonder Amazon (AMZN) is so successful. If you are an entrepreneur, watch and learn. This is the ABCs of entrepreneurship and building a great company. (Video is from yesterday on occasion of Amazon buying Zappos)
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Now you see why - the snake oil sleaze stays there to rip off Americans
And then the few who can't stand the culture actually use their brains to build something outside of throwing paper at each other in shotgun fashion and then packing said paper, and selling it as... well snake oil.
Personally, I always believed the measurement of success is not only measured in short term profits, but in long term customer satisfaction. It is much more cost effective to maintain and grow our customers than to continue to churn. Happy customers are a result of a well run company.
He started electronic book (kandle) and cloud computing (Amazon Elastic Cloud, etc) a few years ago when few thought they were good ideas.
Microsoft, the big techie, only recently hopped on the cloud computing bandwagon.
Bezos is NOT a tech innovator. He is a strategist. Even more so he is able to EXECUTE.
Here's the deal with Bezos......He has the unique ability to think on his feet. He is a leader in creative thought, unlike the vast majority of CEOs in America today.
Is Bezos particularly intelligent? Most likely not according to standard measures. But who cares about standard measures? That's all trash anyway.
His unique personality is what truly makes him a great CEO. He is somewhat of a maverick. He manages to get things done regardless of the hurdles.
Is he a Steve Jobs?
Not at all. Jobs is arguably the best marketing strategist in the world. However, Jobs isn't particularly good as a CEO.
Bezos, on the other hand has a healthy mix of many elements.
I'm willing to bet Bezos was seen as an odd-ball for much of his life. In America, that can often be a good sign, as America has become a nation of dumbed-down robots.
If Bezos were a youth in today's modern America, it is likely he would be singled out as having one of more social/mental deficits - not because he is lacking - only because American society is continuing to force more youths into this ideal cookie-cutter image. And if they don't fit into it, they are claimed to have ADHD or some other mental issue.....perhaps "anger management" issues. I won't get into the government's atttempts to destroy individuality.
One thing I am sure of...the future great business leaders of the future will predominantly come from non-tradiational educational backgrounds- perhaps homeschooling. There's no way they will come from the public (and in many cases) the private school system.
Bezos is one of a kind. And if you cannot relate to his core psyche, don't even try to second-guess his judgment or you are likely to get burned.
ok if you say bezos is not a tech innovator, but he is still the first to commercialize cloud computing, way before google, ibm and microsoft. even now, amazon's cloud computing is better than even google app engine! if google is seen as a tech innovator, and amazon beats google in a major tech field, amazon is not just an electronic retailer anymore.
On Jul 25 07:51 AM Mike Stathis wrote:
> Bezos is NOT a tech innovator. He is a strategist. Even more so
> he is able to EXECUTE.
>
Would like to know the synergies,the good and bad if any.
On Jul 25 07:51 AM Mike Stathis wrote:
> I didn't watch the video - didn't need to.
>
> Bezos is NOT a tech innovator. He is a strategist. Even more so
> he is able to EXECUTE.
>
> Here's the deal with Bezos......He has the unique ability to think
> on his feet. He is a leader in creative thought, unlike the vast
> majority of CEOs in America today.
>
> Is Bezos particularly intelligent? Most likely not according to
> standard measures. But who cares about standard measures? That's
> all trash anyway.
>
> His unique personality is what truly makes him a great CEO. He is
> somewhat of a maverick. He manages to get things done regardless
> of the hurdles.
>
> Is he a Steve Jobs?
>
> Not at all. Jobs is arguably the best marketing strategist in the
> world. However, Jobs isn't particularly good as a CEO.
>
> Bezos, on the other hand has a healthy mix of many elements. <br/>
>
> I'm willing to bet Bezos was seen as an odd-ball for much of his
> life. In America, that can often be a good sign, as America has
> become a nation of dumbed-down robots.
>
> If Bezos were a youth in today's modern America, it is likely he
> would be singled out as having one of more social/mental deficits
> - not because he is lacking - only because American society is continuing
> to force more youths into this ideal cookie-cutter image. And if
> they don't fit into it, they are claimed to have ADHD or some other
> mental issue.....perhaps "anger management" issues. I won't get
> into the government's atttempts to destroy individuality.
>
> One thing I am sure of...the future great business leaders of the
> future will predominantly come from non-tradiational educational
> backgrounds- perhaps homeschooling. There's no way they will come
> from the public (and in many cases) the private school system.
>
>
> Bezos is one of a kind. And if you cannot relate to his core psyche,
> don't even try to second-guess his judgment or you are likely to
> get burned.
>