Brad Stone

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. 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 do so, 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 will be 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.

Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

The Everything Store

"An immersive play-by-play of the company's ascent.... It's hard to imagine a better retelling of the Amazon origin story." -- Laura Bennett, New Republic Amazon.com's 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 do so, 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, and his book is the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. The Everything Store is the book that the business world can't stop talking about, 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.

matej yangwao

Umm, found it more likely ad for Jeff with handbook of leadership (best) advices.

Storyline wasn't there 👀

>He researched the feasibility of “the everything store” and concluded that it was impractical at the time. So, he created a list of twenty possible product categories, and the one that stood out to him was books — an unlimited selection of them in a true superstore.

>Great companies are not deterred by bad moments; they take advantage of the situation and make efforts to come out stronger.

>It took the intervention of a Silicon Valley legend, Bill Campbell, to resolve the issue; he recommended to the board that they stick with their founder.

>Your environment and parental background heavily influence your actions and cognitive skills.

>He exhibited a style — leadership by example, augmented by a healthy dose of impatience — that was positively Bezosian in character.

>Bezos instilled in his team that communication was a sign of dysfunction. He ran Amazon with an emphasis on decentralization and independent decision–making, which would come to represent something akin to the conventional wisdom in the high–tech industry.

≥Missionaries have righteous goals and are trying to make the world a better place. Mercenaries are out for money and power and will run over anyone who gets in the way.

>Bezos bought into the Web’s new culture of openness, and he tasked a group within the company with creating a set of APIs to let developers plug into the website. This was the beginning of a serendipitous journey into what is known today as Amazon Web Services — a platform that enables developers and companies to build sophisticated and scalable applications.

>Amazon Web Services has facilitated the creation of thousands of Internet startups, ushering in a new era of innovation in many fields.

>What separates a great businessperson from a novice is the ability to create profitable solutions out of every problem that arises.

>You have all the power to define how you want to be perceived by the world

>being perceived as inventive, as an explorer rather than a conqueror, was critically important.

>JeffBezos encouraged disagreements and codified them into the company’s principle because disagreements sometimes lead to additional knowledge being shared.

>Despite the flaws and occasional periods of post–traumatic stress disorder, former Amazon employees often consider their time at the company the most productive of their careers.

>The people who succeed at Amazon are often those who thrive in a hostile atmosphere with constant disagreement. Bezos detests what he terms “social cohesion,” the natural impulse to seek consensus; he'd rather battle issues out in arguments backed by numbers and passion. He has codified this approach in Amazon’s leadership principles — the company’s highly prized values often discussed and inculcated into new hires.

>Cultivate the habit of celebrating small wins. Set milestones and celebrate each time your team achieves one. You could sponsor lunch, take them out for dinner, give some time off. Anything you feel would be appreciated.

The definitive story of Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com -- "It's hard to imagine a better retelling of the Amazon origin story" (New Republic). Named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post, Forbes, New Republic, The Economist, Bloomberg, and Gizmodo. Amazon.com's 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 do so, 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, and his book is the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. The Everything Store is the book that the business world can't stop talking about, 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.

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ANDREW BRYK

Not as good as Hatching Twitter but still a gripping read that completely changes the way you think about Amazon. This piece sums up my thoughts on the book perfectly http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/0...

Maria

больше всего обидно, что из этой истории мог бы получиться блокбастер, но неумение автора обращаться с материалом превратило её в невыносимо скучное нагромождение букв, от которой постоянно хотелось поорать. не знаю, какой из брэда стоуна журналист, но писатель нон-фикшена никакущий - он совершенно не умеет выделять главное и отсекать ненужное, а еще не умеет держать структуру истории и развивать персонажей. за всю книгу мне так и не удалось запомнить ничьего имени, кроме самого джеффа безоса, а про самого безоса так и не удалось понять, аутист он, нарцисс, психопат или нормальный парень с очень высокой планкой качества. про культуру амазона тоже не удалось много понять, впрочем - автор описал её словом "гладиаторская", но там работает 88К человек - решительно непонятно, как все эти люди годами живут в компании, и как вообще приходят туда на работу, какова их мотивация, и неужели их всех держит личность безоса (не самая, по описанию, привлекательная?)

в общем, надеюсь, однажды эту историю кто-нибудь расскажет нормально. от этой я очень устала и даже несколько зла за потраченное время

Anna Pinto

This book drips corporate blood. Amazon does not play nice and it makes me wonder if we, as customers, are trading low prices and great customer service now for a very bleak future later.

Jillian Slindee

Very slow read... chapters on company acquisitions were extremely boring and all the same.

Hemanth Soni

Michal Nakashimada

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. 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 do so, 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 will be 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.

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**Winner of the 2013 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award** Though Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail, its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, was never content with being just 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... Jeff Bezos stands out for his relentless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way that Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. Amazon placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet. Nothing would ever be the same again.

The Everything Store Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

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