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    The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

    Written by Brad Stone

    Narrated by Pete Larkin

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    Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To achieve that end, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now...

    Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators — Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg — Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing.

    The Everything Store is the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.

    A Random House UK audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House UK Audio
    Release dateDec 5, 2013
    ISBN9781473508712
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    The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
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    Brad Stone

    Brad Stone is senior executive editor of global technology at Bloomberg News. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, which has been translated into over thirty-five languages, and The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley. He has covered Silicon Valley for more than twenty years and lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

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    • 4/5
      It's a very informative & detailed book. I highly recommend it. The book details the journey of a visionary, Jeff Bezos, who, despite the many challenges encountered along the journey of building a store that has disrupted the retail industry, never gives up. I was quite intrigued to learn that Amazon became profitable only recently. The author handled the 'narrative fallacy' very well and painted a picture of a very difficult, long journey to success. Amazon, in my view, is the platform that enables creativity that Steven Johnson alludes to in his seminal book "Where good ideas come from". Bezos remains relentless in delivering value to the customer, even if it means running an unprofitable business in the short term. His long term view is another lesson I have learned. However, he was only able to get to the top by demolishing a lot of businesses. Amazon is a disruptor that has led to the demise of a lot of businesses. His shrewd business acumen is astounding. Nevertheless, a great book!
    • 5/5
      Loved this book.
      I’ve ordered 5 copies to distribute to friends.
    • 5/5
      It's interesting to rknow how Amazon started and about it's founder. This book didn't paint a glossy picture and it shows the mess in moving fast to be the biggest and most comprehensive online provider. I hope there will be a sequel for Amazon will surely be doing even more.