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Quotes by Jeff Bezos
- The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'
- The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren't thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren't putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home.
- The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil.
- There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.
- There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.
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