Silicon Valley expects you to start a company by finding a problem you have yourself, solving it, and it being a problem for others. But Amazon’s story was basically, “I did the math on this new thing’s growth, then systematically found the ideal product to play into it.”
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Replying to @Austen @AustenAllred
How madly are you studying Amazon? I'm seeing a pattern of insights you share from Amazon story.
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What are your favorite sources.
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Replying to @Tehranix @justvidyadhar
@zackkanter and@BenedictEvans have written some good stuff https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/14/why-amazon-is-eating-the-world/ … https://a16z.com/2014/09/05/why-amazon-has-no-profits-and-why-it-works/ … then “the everything store”2 replies 12 retweets 80 likes -
Would love to hear if either of them had other recommendations. Oh also all the shareholder lettershttps://medium.com/@austenallred/every-amazon-shareholder-letter-as-downloadable-pdf-4eb2ae886018 …
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There isn’t much that’s directly about Amazon. A good place to start is the shareholder letters and @AustenAllred’s links above. Past that, it’s more about abstract theory:
- The Outsiders by Thorndike
- Origin of Wealth by @EricBeinhocker
- The Goal by Goldratt
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Replying to @zackkanter @AustenAllred and
Thanks Austen and Zack, will check those out. Going to start with the shareholder letters.
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