Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age

The time when someone says “Amazon”,the first thing that comes to our mind is the online retail giant situated in Seattle rather than the river basin of South America.Amazon has been scaling new heights everyday,with the resemblence that its CEO Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man on earth.Amazon is the biggest online retail company in the world,and reading a book about its journey just drives more excitement.Why you should read it:This book is more for business minded people trying to understand how to scale a company,how to decide whether or not to enter new business and understanding online retail in depth.But the most unique feature of amazon company is its focus on customer satisfaction.The book also tells the past and present life of Jeff Bezos to understand how the values of a leader influences the culture of a company.Summary:The following are the points/procedures which I felt were unique and decisive in Amazon’s journey.1).Amazon follows a flywheel business model:It believes that if one chain of business gets accelerated,the whole business gets accelerated.For example:In earlier days,Amazon focused on accelerating the divisions of distribution and logistics and thus now its paying off by increase in number of sales.2).Amazon,very smartly understands how an expert in that domain does business(like apparel or jewellery) and then tries to Amazoned (low cost,high selection) it for a lower price.3).The most striking feature of Amazon culture is its Focus on Customer needs,desires,problems,etc.In simple words, Amazon is obsessed about customers and this culture has been driven by its humble CEO Jeff Bezos.4).Amazon is always in the hunt to identify new sectors for disruption like the personal voice assistant Amazon Echo or its new video streaming business Amazon Prime Video,this gives Amazon an edge over other traditional companies.5).The real secret to Amazon’s success is its ability to play for the long term.Amazon assures its investors that in the long term,it plans to be industry leader and thus will be in a dominant position to acquire profits.6).Amazon also takes advantage of its position to leverage better deals from the manufacturers. This obviously gives them the edge over other retailers to acquire more customers and hence, drive more sales.Conclusion:Amazon is a innovative company which focuses on customer satisfaction and disrupting old sectors with technology,and people believe that it would be the first trillion dollar valued company.Reading this book will help you understand the whole business processes of amazon and the importance of long term in business world.

Gives us an insight into the ups and downs faced by one of the largest and most profitable brands in the world. As they say, ' Nothing comes for free' - this is embodied in the decisions and sacrifices made my everyone related to Amazon in order to achieve the ultimate goal of building 'The Everything Store'. Kudos to the author for giving us this great book.

Finally, I completed reading this book and I must say that the author has followed the Amazon journey very deeply. I cannot say that the book was entirely focused upon Jeff Bezos and the Amazon company, but it gives you insights about the important changes that took places in the dot com era. It clearly shows the effects of ignoring innovation. Amazon fought really hard during the tough years of depression and you can thank to Jeff's long sight vision for this accomplishment.From Amazon, we can understand the importance of caring about your customers in true sense. Throughout Amazon's journey, they are having single motto of giving the best prices and experience to their customers. And, in order to achieve this, they can fight the world.One of the important lesson that I learnt was that you create your own destiny. Jeff's biological father was not successful in life but on the other hand Jeff has excelled amazingly in his field. So, we should never blame our genes or the family for what we are.Amazon started right from the Garage with 3-4 people and rose to multi billion business. A lot can be learnt from Jeff's personality too. He is able to balance his personal and professional life perfectly. And, in his life, his mother and wife has been supportive, always.Vocab is used nicely through the book and I was able to learn a lot of new words for sure. This is a true masterpiece for all.thanks!

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Satisfied with the product quality

I received the book with a slight dent due to delivery mishandling, but the overall quality is quite good. I haven't read it yet, but based on my expectations and the general acclaim, I'm satisfied with my purchase. 'The Everything Store' by Brad Stone promises to delve into Amazon's journey from its humble beginnings to becoming a global powerhouse. I look forward to exploring its insights into Jeff Bezos's visionary leadership and the company's impact on e-commerce and beyond.

Its a really nice book. Explains that Amazon’s sole focus is to give its customers large numbers of options and lowest price.Plus how Jeff Bezos approaches the business. The competitive attitude. Ruthless behaviour of Amazon to acquire rivals.

The book provides a coverage about everything that happened on Amazon's timeline but fails to do justice in presenting the story in an impactful way. I feel the writer's way of writing could have been better in representing Jeff Bezos's personality as one of the biggest inspiration to today's generation filled with dreams. Similarly in portraying the whole story of Amazon from nothing to a juggernaut could have been well portrayed.I just felt the writer has more just laid out instances one by one but failed in giving a directive message.

A most fascinating read about a fascinating person and company. We live in exciting times with endless opportunities that can be realized just by reading this book for its knowledge and inspiration!

Love the story behind amazon

Väldigt intressant läsning. Jeff är verkligen en otrolig entreprenör

Non ho ancora finito di leggerlo, ma la ritengo una narrazione particolareggiata e molto interessante della nascita di Amazon.com, che io utilizzo frequentemente per i miei acquisti, la visione di film e l'ascolto di musica. Lo consiglio a chi è interessato nella realtà delle dinamiche imprenditoriali.

Some, but not all books, allow you to inhabit them and, at least while you are reading them, they become a part of your life; I can think of a few books like this and they are the ones that linger, that you return to, sometimes again and again. Certainly this book at a little over 400 pages takes some time to read, if, as I do, you read a little each evening before turning-in for the night, so I was slightly disappointed to have finished it. The story which covers the early genesis of what becomes Amazon, covers the early years and thereafter up to 2013, although I cannot imaging a sequel adding much to what has already been written, which is deep, extensive and in-glossed in its coverage of the ups and down of the Amazon journey. Jeff Bezos, the chief architect and principal character does not actually develop in a way that you could say that reading the book, you now know the man, but he is intrinsically bound up in the story and the edifice that is Amazon; the two are inseparable and give character, each to the other. Many people, other than Jeff inhabit the story and play their parts in the creation of the everything store and they come and go, for many reasons, not least exhaustion, but this account as everything and everyone becomes subsumed by the ethics that drive the inexorable rise of a monolith: is that the right word? Probably not; Amazon does not exclude the possibility of other such stores entering the market place, but the disruptive quality of the enterprise makes it seem unassailable, for not anyway. In the end, this is an interesting account of how a business develops, against all odds, due to the single-mindedness and resilience of one man, supported by an array of others, men and women, who for a while take part in the unfolding story. It is an account of how to do it and how to do it well, but also why you need a person of extraordinary grit and almost supra-human resolve. The book is amazing; it does justice to the character of Jeff Bezos, without over eulogising or ignoring his failures: read it.