9 private quotes tagged amazon

“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.”— Jeff Bezos

“I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, 'OK, I'm looking back on my life. I want to minimize the number of regrets I have.'”— Jeff Bezos

Context:On why he started Amazon

“We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.”— Jeff Bezos

“Any business plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.”— Jeff Bezos

“If you never want to be criticized, for goodness' sake don't do anything new.”— Jeff Bezos

“I think 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.”— Jeff Bezos

“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

“Your margin is my opportunity.”— Jeff Bezos

“All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's.”— Jeff Bezos