TIP506: How Jeff Bezos Built Amazon

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

• 00:02:34 - How Jeff Bezos came to discover the incredible opportunities on the Internet in the early 1990s.
• 00:09:58 - How the regret minimization framework led Bezos to starting Amazon.
• 00:17:08 - How Amazon lost hundreds of millions of dollars from poor investments during the tech bubble.
• 00:33:28 - Amazon’s five core values.
• 00:46:30 - Why many companies were reluctant, yet eventually forced to work with Amazon to remain competitive.
• 00:47:45 - How Costco’s business model inspired Bezos to release Amazon Prime and keep his commitment to low prices.
• 00:56:48 - How AWS was created and the importance of it in Amazon’s continued success.
• 01:02:33 - Clay’s biggest takeaways from studying Jeff Bezos.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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