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Quotes by Jeff Bezos

Born: 12th January 1964
Jeff Bezos is an American businessman and the founder of Amazon.com
Welcome to our collection of quotes by Jeff Bezos, the visionary businessman and founder of Amazon. Jeff Bezos is a household name, known for his pioneering spirit and entrepreneurial expertise. This carefully curated compilation brings together key insights and wisdom from his remarkable journey, providing valuable inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs, business leaders, and anyone who wishes to embrace innovation and push boundaries. Join us as we delve into the mind of this iconic figure and uncover the principles that have guided his extraordinary success.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. Read Summary

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy. Read Summary

I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out. Read Summary

If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail. Read Summary

If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering. Read Summary

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery. Read Summary

We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient. Read Summary

If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away. Read Summary

The question really is, are you improving the world? And you can do that in many models. You can do that in government, you can do that in a nonprofit, and you can do it in commercial enterprise. Read Summary

Humans are unbelievably data efficient. You don't have to drive 1 million miles to drive a car, but the way we teach a self-driving car is have it drive a million miles. Read Summary

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. Read Summary

I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term. Read Summary

If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young. Read Summary

Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that. Read Summary

You want your customers to value your service. Read Summary

Strip malls are history. Read Summary

My view is there's no bad time to innovate. Read Summary

We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better. Read Summary

What's dangerous is not to evolve. Read Summary

If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting. Read Summary