Jeff Bezos 1997 Interview
Chuck Severance
Why leaders watch it
Bezos explains in 1997 why Amazon started with books, showing how a founder reasons about opportunity.
A 1997 interview with Jeff Bezos taped at a Special Libraries conference, where he explains why Amazon started with books and why the web made it possible. He calls it the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce.
Takeaways
- Pick a category suited to online selling
- Scale advantage comes from the web
- Early vision stayed consistent over decades
Topics: Founder & CEO stories, Startups & entrepreneurship
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