The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

2018-02-20 The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

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"I did like this book" according to S. Kaphan. I wasn't really planning on reviewing this book, because I was mentioned in it several times and it didn't seem appropriate. But several other people who were also mentioned in the book have already posted reviews, and in fact, MacKenzie Bezos, in her well known 1-star review, suggested that other "charact. "Interesting, surface-level read about the complexity and mindset behind Amazon" according to Kevin. As somebody who has been familiar with Amazon since they began (tech in Seattle is a small world), Amazon has always been in my peripherals so I was already somewhat familiar with Amazon's stigma, especially in this city, as well as what a lot of people have had to say about Amazon. This book only really s. "A revealing book--on Amazon and Bezos" according to Hugh H. Schwartz. I was looking for a biography of Jeff Bezos and The Everything Store is about Amazon almost exclusively. The book reveals what a complex entity Amazon is and how tremendously impressive Jeff Bezos is, and that's useful but there may be a little too much detail, and I'd like something more on how Bezos' sty

Until now. 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 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.. The definitive story of , one of the most successful companies in the world, an

Brad Stone has covered and technology in Silicon Valley for over 14 years, for publications such as Newsweek and the New York Times. He is currently a senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek and lives in San Francisco, California.

A gift for entrepreneurs and business builders of the new generation." -- Business Insider"Outstanding. The Everything Store provides extraordinary access to one of the great business stories of this or any other time." -- Michael Levin, The Huffington Post"A tome that paints a fascinating picture of a remarkable tech entrepreneur." -- The Economist"Illuminating." -- Salon"Stone's shoe-leather reporting is what makes the book stand out." -- GeekWire"As fine a profil