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  • Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
  • Written by: Brad Stone
  • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
  • Length: 13 hrs
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (478 ratings)

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The Everything Store

Written by: Brad Stone
Narrated by: Pete Larkin
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Publisher's Summary

Audie Award Finalist, Business/Educational, 2014

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos.

Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now.

Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving listeners the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators - Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg - Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing.

The Everything Store will be the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.

©2013 Brad Stone (P)2013 Hachette Audio

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Principals

The story was well narrated by Pete Larkin. There were a few parts in the audio that are different than in the physical book itself. I followed along in the book as I listened to the narration.

A well written book with a lot to think about. Applying these principles Jeff worked so hard to perfect will be the next step in our own lives and hopefully have a positive impact on us and the world around us.

Remember - Missionaries are cool. Mercenaries are not cool.

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Inspiring and eye opening

Vision, drive, and an absolute passion for a solution to a problem. These are key behaviours that I will take away from this book.

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felt like a 13 hour amazon commercial.

This book goes out of its way to tell readers how "amazon always offers lowest prices". it's somewhat informative of the company's story but a boring one. The book is from 2013 hence it does not discuss any recent events. But from a reader's perspective it felt like looking at an old paragraph of the Amazon company.

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Very dry an underwhelming

Struggled to finish, boring narrator and story in general. Just talks about different people and their involvement in the business.

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Not as detailed as you'd hope.

I thought there's be more insights into the inner functioning of the company. There's a fair amount of information but everything is mostly surface.

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Inspiring

I learned a lot of new elements about Amazon and its story. It is awesome

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Must read to Understand Amazon and Bezos

An important read to understand the mind of Jeff Bezos and the beginnings of Amazon. However a couple of chapters are more descriptions than they are a good story. So can get a little dry in the middle. Nevertheless a remarkable story.

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Capitalism at it’s best and worst

Likely a mix of fact and fiction. Regardless it’s an insightful view through a murky window of the inner strategy of Bezos. If you’ve never thought about the darker side of capitalism this is an excellent book. It will also allow you to think about how the future is going to change the way that we all do business.

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Mediocre coverage of an extraordinary story

After just finishing Walter Issacson's Steve Jobs, this book is simply lacking in comparison. I'm sure there's more nuances, more intricacies involved in the rise of Amazon and Bezos, but this author doesn't do it justice. Story telling is not cohesive. Paints Bezos more as a character instead of a real person.

Otherwise, still worth the read, would recommend.

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highly recommended

loved it. was good hearing what I assume to be honest insights into such a large and sophisticated company and industry.

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