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Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

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  • Create Date：2021-05-26 10:31:11
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  • Author：Brad Stone
  • ISBN：B08V9DZZHG
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Tomas Bella ，

Vydarená kniha o tom， čo sa udialo v Amazone odkedy o ňom Stone napísal svoju prvú knihu （The Everything Store） a ako prebieha všetko rozhodovanie v zákulisí Amazonu。 tl;dr môžete zarobiť veľa peňazí， ak vám záleží len na peniazoch。

Sanford Chee ，

Amazon’s future beyond Jeff Bezos - The Economist 22 May 2021https://www。economist。com/business/20。。。 Amazon’s future beyond Jeff Bezos - The Economist 22 May 2021https://www。economist。com/business/20。。。 。。。more

Keven Wang ，

Brad stone written a masterpiece。 I am exited to read his book on Uber

Phil Simon ，

Meticulously researched and superbly written， Stone's follow-up to The Everything Store is nothing short of epic。 The presence of any-star reviews is absurd。 Meticulously researched and superbly written， Stone's follow-up to The Everything Store is nothing short of epic。 The presence of any-star reviews is absurd。 。。。more

Ietrio ，

Judging by a few pages， Stone seems to be just another hungry journalist trying to ride the popularity wave。Amazon？ Empire？ Because empires usually hire people， pay wages， and deliver what people need。 Unlike say a Corporation which kills the people living in the invaded territory， puts the rest of the population into slavery and collects taxes under the threat of prison and death， while at the same time building a police force， an armed force， and weapons of mass destruction。 I mean， aren't Ame Judging by a few pages， Stone seems to be just another hungry journalist trying to ride the popularity wave。Amazon？ Empire？ Because empires usually hire people， pay wages， and deliver what people need。 Unlike say a Corporation which kills the people living in the invaded territory， puts the rest of the population into slavery and collects taxes under the threat of prison and death， while at the same time building a police force， an armed force， and weapons of mass destruction。 I mean， aren't Americans lucky not having an Empire？！ 。。。more

Bouke ，

Jeff Bezos is a terrifying dude， and so is Amazon。 The absolute drive for efficiency in everything they do is awe-inspiring。 This book is a good look into all the various projects and scandals that happened since _The Everything Store_。 Even though Amazon is so huge， it seems like they could grow to be 5x as large even still。

Anthony ，

Not very well written， the structuring could've used some work。 But it was hard to not keep reading， it is quite engaging。 Not very well written， the structuring could've used some work。 But it was hard to not keep reading， it is quite engaging。 。。。more

Mide S ，

My key take away from this book was Jeff。 Bezos words， "don't waste too much time on precision， keep trying stuff。"The book is detailed and well narrated。 There's a lot to learn from the innovative incentive culture of Jeff。 The world is still in day 1。 I'm optimistic that entrepreneurs will invent new models to give power back to small businesses in the nearest future。 My key take away from this book was Jeff。 Bezos words， "don't waste too much time on precision， keep trying stuff。"The book is detailed and well narrated。 There's a lot to learn from the innovative incentive culture of Jeff。 The world is still in day 1。 I'm optimistic that entrepreneurs will invent new models to give power back to small businesses in the nearest future。 。。。more

Gary Lang ，

This book completely describes the people and the initiatives that were underway or started during my years at Amazon as a VP， and correctly。 This is not surprising; Stone's previous book， "The Everything Store" is what influenced me to take the offer Amazon made to me。 He is a great writer。This book also describes why I only regret that I did not go to Amazon earlier in my career， rather than just before retirement。 When， after my first 6 months， Jeff Wilke asked me what I thought of Amazon， I This book completely describes the people and the initiatives that were underway or started during my years at Amazon as a VP， and correctly。 This is not surprising; Stone's previous book， "The Everything Store" is what influenced me to take the offer Amazon made to me。 He is a great writer。This book also describes why I only regret that I did not go to Amazon earlier in my career， rather than just before retirement。 When， after my first 6 months， Jeff Wilke asked me what I thought of Amazon， I said it was fantastic and that when asked what it was like I often said that Amazon was "10，000 startups knit together by 14 leadership principles"。 The company is far less top-down driven than what this book seems to suggest。 The culture of ownership demands that ownership is pushed downward。 But that's a minor flaw in an otherwise excellent book。 。。。more

Arsene ，

Finished it faster than I thought I would。

Amar Pai ，

I liked it， though not as much as Stone's first Amazon book。 But given Amazon's insane trajectory， this is pretty interesting。 I liked it， though not as much as Stone's first Amazon book。 But given Amazon's insane trajectory， this is pretty interesting。 。。。more

Sudarshan ，

Riveting。 Enthralling。 Difficult to put down。 I promised myself that I won’t finish this book within a day and I embarrassingly broke that promise by a couple of hours。I am a huge admirer of Jeff Bezos。 Amazon has been a pioneer in an array of fields， AI， retail， e-commerce， Cloud Computing， a list of fields which is frankly too long to list here。 But my key takeaway from this book is that Jeff Bezos has pioneered the culture of invention。 He is an innovator at innovating itself。 The book goes i Riveting。 Enthralling。 Difficult to put down。 I promised myself that I won’t finish this book within a day and I embarrassingly broke that promise by a couple of hours。I am a huge admirer of Jeff Bezos。 Amazon has been a pioneer in an array of fields， AI， retail， e-commerce， Cloud Computing， a list of fields which is frankly too long to list here。 But my key takeaway from this book is that Jeff Bezos has pioneered the culture of invention。 He is an innovator at innovating itself。 The book goes into excruciating details into Amazon’s unparalleled success in the second decade of the 21st century driven by products like Alexa， AWS， Prime etc。 Each products frenetic launch， its genesis is very carefully researched by the author。 Although the world only gets to know about Amazon’s successes， there have been quite a few failures like Fire Phone whose history has been explored in detail。My personal favourite from this book were the war stories that members of the S-team had。 The cutthroat politics they encountered， the insane deadlines that the hard taskmaster Bezos had set for them， these experiences altered their professional and quite frequently their personal lives as well。All the major events of the second decade of 21st century， involving Amazon have been covered。 Fire phone fiasco， the Alexa launch， AWS stupendous profitability， Prime and Amazon Studio’s spectacular success， Blue Origin and many many more。Finally， the subject of the book， Jeffrey Preston Bezos has received a good hard look。 His transformation from an inventive， geeky family man to muscled billionaire who jet sets across the world with his Hollywood celebrity mistress。 No stone was left uncovered covering his divorce and infidelity and his sudden transformation from the former to latter。 Although the author only covers what is already known to the public。On the whole， it’s rightfully adulatory of Bezos and Amazon because of Amazon’s exploding market capitalisation and subsequently the explosion in Bezos’s wealth。 In the annals of American corporate history， Amazon rightfully would be the most successful and innovative company mankind has seen yet。 But it doesn’t shy away from asking the tough questions about Amazon and its effects on small retailers， labour markets， on climate change and its seemingly entrenched role in World economy where every action from buying something online to running servers passes through Amazon and it gets a hefty cut of the transaction。 Its increasingly monopolistic power has also been examined although not in too much detail。Lest you the reader think I am Amazon employee， I am not。 I am just an incredibly satisfied customer who not surprisingly is writing this review on Goodreads （Amazon subsidiary） after buying this e-book from Amazon and having read it on his second Amazon Kindle。 。。。more

Viola ，

Praise Boss When morning Work bells chime，Praise Boss， for bits of Overtime。Praise Boss， whose Wars we love to fight，Praise Boss， the leech and parasite。 AhBoss。 - IWW Doxology Interested to read if Brad Stone just fawns over “the richest and therefore must be the smartest” Bossy boots gazillionaite Bezos or dares look at Amazon’s ‘lies， deception and illegal activities’（Probably not！ Like 2021 Academy award winning film Nomadland skip through the exploitation @Amazon described in the original Praise Boss When morning Work bells chime，Praise Boss， for bits of Overtime。Praise Boss， whose Wars we love to fight，Praise Boss， the leech and parasite。 AhBoss。 - IWW Doxology Interested to read if Brad Stone just fawns over “the richest and therefore must be the smartest” Bossy boots gazillionaite Bezos or dares look at Amazon’s ‘lies， deception and illegal activities’（Probably not！ Like 2021 Academy award winning film Nomadland skip through the exploitation @Amazon described in the original book。）The US union that took on Jeff Bezos in AlabamaHollywood stars， journalists， political leaders， everyone wanted to see an elected union at Amazon’s Bessemer facility in Alabama。 Except the workers。 Did pressure from Amazon make them say no to union representation？ - by Maxime RobinThe activists who organised a referendum on unionisation in March at BHM1， the huge Amazon fulfilment centre in Bessemer， Alabama， like to make David and Goliath comparisons。 That’s understandable — the warehouse workers， almost all of them African American， took on one of the world’s most powerful companies， owned by Jeff Bezos， the world’s richest man， in one of the US’s most conservative states。But in the Bible， David defeated the giant， while at Amazon， Goliath crushed David。 Of the 5，805 employees at the eight-hectare site， only 738 voted for a union， and 1，798 against。 Stuart Appelbaum， president of the Retail， Wholesale and Department Store Union （RWDSU）， immediately challenged the result， accusing Amazon of ‘lies， deception and illegal activities’ to influence the outcome。 Having thwarted a previous attempt to unionise in Delaware in 2014， the online retailer has confirmed its reputation as a fortress impregnable to workers’ organisations。In the US， unionising a workplace is an arduous process。 An employee must first reach out to a union — in this case a BMH1 employee called the RWDSU last August — which then has to prove to the independent federal labour agency， the National Labor Relations Board （NLRB）， that 30% of on-site workers want to unionise。 Then， after a union drive， there’s a vote。 And the union battle has to be fought one factory， hypermarket or fast-food outlet at a time: if Bessemer had voted yes， the situation in Amazon’s other fulfilment centres would not have changed。 For employees， this process means a long， hard slog and， in the event of defeat， possible reprisals — often dismissal — for those who led the drive。 Unsurprisingly， only 6。3% of private-sector workers in the US are in a union。 Full article: 3 825 words。 Wherever you are， whatever you do there is a Union for you。Notes: （1） ‘Map of Amazon warehouses’， CNBC， 19 January 2020。（2） Karen Weise， ‘Pushed by pandemic， Amazon goes on a hiring spree without equal’， The New York Times， 27 November 2020。（3） Francesca Paris， ‘ “The gaps have grown”: Reporter Alec MacGillis talks Amazon， regional inequality and his hometown of Pittsfield’， Berkshire Eagle， Pittsfield， 7 April 2021。（4） See ‘Presidential results’， 2016 and 2020， National Public Radio。（5） Quoted in Sarah Jones， ‘ “It’s not fair to get fired for going to the bathroom”: An Amazon worker in Alabama on the fight for a union’， New York Magazine， 16 March 2021， www。nymag。com/。（6） See Sylvie Laurent， ‘Martin Luther King fifty years on’， Le Monde diplomatique， English edition， April 2018。（7） Referring to the 1965 marches between Selma and Montgomery to protest against the ban on blacks voting in the US South。（8） Lee Fang， ‘Amazon hired Koch-backed anti-union consultant to fight Alabama warehouse organizing’， The Intercept， 10 February 2021。（9） David Streitfeld， ‘How Amazon crushes unions’， New York Times， 16 March 2021。（10） Joe Nocera， ‘Unions are back in favour。 They need to seize the moment’， Bloomberg Businessweek， 21 March 2021。Sauce: https://mondediplo。com/2021/05/02amazon 。。。more