Jeff Bezos

I’m skeptical that the novel will be ‘re-invented.’

Jeff Bezos

On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It’s very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big.

Jeff Bezos

Our alliance with Toysrus.com has proven to be a great win for customers, and we’ve looked forward to taking the next step by introducing the new Babiesrus.com teamed with Amazon.com store since we forged the alliance last August.

Jeff Bezos

Our garage was basically science fair central.

Jeff Bezos

Part of company culture is path-dependent. It’s the lessons you learn along the way.

Jeff Bezos

Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That’s why there’s the old saw: location, location, location.

Jeff Bezos

Seek instant gratification – or the elusive promise of it – and chances are you’ll find a crowd there ahead of you.

Jeff Bezos

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It’s the thing that people create.

Jeff Bezos

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.

Jeff Bezos

The missionary is building the product and building the service because they love the customer, because they love the product, because they love the service. The mercenary is building the product or service so that they can flip the company and make money.

Jeff Bezos