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We like to pioneer, we like to explore, we like to go down dark alleys and see what's on the other side.
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Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.
Jeff Bezos
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If you look at academic studies, you can see that stock prices are most closely correlated with cash flow. It's such a straightforward number. Cash flow is what will drive shareholder returns.
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Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.
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If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large.
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If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.
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I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we can by trying to raise margins. It's a more patient approach, but we think it leads to a stronger, healthier company. It also serves customers much, much better.
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... if it's not your style to stretch and go the extra mile to make sure our customer experience is great, you're going to have an allergic reaction to this company. You probably won't stay. If you do try and stay, but can't adapt to the culture then it will reject you like a virus from a healthy immune system.
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Percentage margins are not one of the things we are seeking to optimize. It’s the absolute dollar free cash flow per share that you want to maximize, and if you can do that by lowering margins, we would do that. So if you could take the free cash flow, that’s something that investors can spend. Investors can’t spend percentage margins.
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If you invent frequently and are willing to fail, then you never get to that point where you really need to bet the whole company.
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My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever.
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Our alliance with Toysrus.com has proven to be a great win for customers, and we've looked forward to taking the next step by introducing the new Babiesrus.com teamed with Amazon.com store since we forged the alliance last August.
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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.
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People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it.
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Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.
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Many of the traits that make Amazon unusual are now deeply ingrained in the culture. In fact, if I wanted to change them, I couldn't. The cultures are self-reinforcing, and that's a good thing.
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I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg.
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If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.
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Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room...
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I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures.
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You're not going to make Hemingway better by adding animations.
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When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices.
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If there’s one reason we have done better than of our peers in the Internet space over the last six years, it is because we have focused like a laser on customer experience.
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Focusing on the customer makes a company more resilient.
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