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Jeff Bezos | science

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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Jeff Bezos positive

Jeff Bezos | positive

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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Jeff Bezos learning

Jeff Bezos | learning

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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Jeff Bezos leadership

Jeff Bezos | leadership

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

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Jeff Bezos | home

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.

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Home Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos | home

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.

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history Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos | history

Strip malls are history.

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great Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos | great

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

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experience Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos | experience

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.