Amazon: What’s in the Box?

Amazon has developed numerous billion-dollar businesses, but only a precious few on the inside understand how Amazon has been so successful.

Amazon has developed numerous billion-dollar businesses, but only a precious few on the... more

Curated bySilence Nogood, Hark Contributor

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Jeff Bezos on What Made Amazon.com a Success

First up, Jeff Bezos takes us back to the early ‘90s to talk about how the exponential growth of the internet was a wake up call to start Amazon.com. He tells stories about the early days on the podcast What It Takes.

Jeff Bezos on What Made Amazon.com a Success

What It Takes

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Third-Party Sellers Are Why Amazon Has the Best Prices on the Web

The reason Amazon can be the store that carries everything is mostly because of its third-party merchants. Go behind the history of these sellers and their rocky relationship with Amazon on the podcast Recode Daily.

Third-Party Sellers Are Why Amazon Has the Best Prices on the Web

Recode Daily

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Why You’ll Never Quit Amazon Prime

With over 100 million members, Prime is the engine that’s made Amazon a retail juggernaut. Vox’s Jason Del Rey on the Land of the Giants podcast explores how Prime, codename “Futurama”, wasn’t meant to keep people out, but keep the best customers in.

Land of the Giants

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The Internal Machine that Runs Amazon Is Narratives

Amazon’s approach to meetings is a little different; it prefers well-written documents over PowerPoint. Former executives Bill Carr and Colin Bryar talk on the a16z podcast about how Bezos and the team came up with the unorthodox system.

The Internal Machine that Runs Amazon Is Narratives

a16z Podcast

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Starting with the Customer First to Create the Kindle

Former Amazon VP Bill Carr shares how the Amazon team came up with the Kindle by starting with the customer experience first—that’s Amazon’s top leadership principle. From the podcast Everyday MBA.

Starting with the Customer First to Create the Kindle

Everyday MBA

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How Jeff Bezos Initially Got Amazon Studios All Wrong

Brad Stone, author of Amazon Unbound, talks with Peter Kafka on Recode Media about how Jeff Bezos initially tried to systematize movie making at Amazon Studios with the “13 elements of any big story.”

How Jeff Bezos Initially Got Amazon Studios All Wrong

Recode Media with Peter Kafka

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“I Love Amazon. Let’s Break It Up”

Professor of Marketing at NYU Scott Galloway rants on the podcast Land of the Giants about why we should break up Amazon, stating not only would it be better for customers but for Amazon’s individual companies as well.

Land of the Giants

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Amazon: What’s in the Box?

Jeff Bezos on What Made Amazon.com a Success

What It Takes

Third-Party Sellers Are Why Amazon Has the Best Prices on the Web

Recode Daily

Why You’ll Never Quit Amazon Prime

Land of the Giants

The Internal Machine that Runs Amazon Is Narratives

a16z Podcast

Starting with the Customer First to Create the Kindle

Everyday MBA

How Jeff Bezos Initially Got Amazon Studios All Wrong

Recode Media with Peter Kafka

“I Love Amazon. Let’s Break It Up”

Land of the Giants

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