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Invent and Wander : The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bezos, Jeffrey.
Contributor:
Isaacson, Walter.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Invent and Wander
Place of Publication:
La Vergne : Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
Summary:
A collection of writings by the founder and CEO of Amazon includes a selection of Bezos's unusual annual shareholder letters, speeches, and interviews that offer insight into his background, his professional approaches, and the evolutions of his ideas.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Introduction
A Note on Sourcing
Part 1: The Shareholder Letters
It's All About the Long Term: 1997
Obsessions: 1998
Building for the Long Term: 1999
Taking the Long View: 2000
The Customer Franchise Is Our Most Valuable Asset: 2001
What's Good for Customers Is Good for Shareholders: 2002
Long-Term Thinking: 2003
Thinking About Finance: 2004
Making Decisions: 2005
Growing New Businesses: 2006
A Team of Missionaries: 2007
Working Backward: 2008
Setting Goals: 2009
Fundamental Tools: 2010
The Power of Invention: 2011
Internally Driven: 2012
"Wow": 2013
Three Big Ideas: 2014
Big Winners Pay for Many Experiments: 2015
Fending Off Day 2: 2016
Building a Culture of High Standards: 2017
Intuition, Curiosity, and the Power of Wandering: 2018
Scale for Good: 2019
Part 2: Life &amp
Work
My Gift in Life
A Crucial Moment at Princeton
"We Are What We Choose"
Resourcefulness
Why I Went from a Hedge Fund to Selling Books
Finding the Root Cause
Creating Wealth
The Idea for Prime
Thinking Three Years Out
Where the Idea of Amazon Web Services Came From
Alexa, AI, and Machine Learning
Physical Stores and Whole Foods
Buying the Washington Post
Trust
Work-Life Harmony
Recruiting Talent
Decisions
Competition
Government Scrutiny and Big Companies
The Climate Pledge
The Bezos Day One Fund
The Purpose of Going into Space
It's Still Day One for America.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-64782-072-3
OCLC:
1198717036

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