Hardcover, 372 pages
English language
Published April 7, 2013 by Little, Brown and Company.
This book is 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 readers 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 …
This book is 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 readers 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. - Publisher.
Interessante Biografie zur Person und zum Konzern, bleibt leider etwas distanziert und oberflächlich. Der persönliche „Twist“ zu Bezos biologischem Vater liest sich erzwungen.
Great book! Very fair towards Amazon AND the reader. At least it feels like the author didn't keep anything from us... I now have a better understanding of the practices of Amazon and a new appreciation for local vendors. :-) also, what a remarkable life Jeff Bezos had up until now. I wonder where he is going with all his diverse ventures... (Hint: probably battling Elon Musk for world or even extraterrestrial domination... Likely both!) The similarity of the relationships towards their fathers among Steve Jobs, Elon musk and Jeff Bezos is striking. I wonder if this is enabled them somehow to achieve so much..
Continuing my obsession with biographies to be heard during my commute, I randomly picked this book. Definitely a great and insightful look into the life of Bezos and Amazon. I may not personally like him or like to work at Amazon, but I really admire his audacity and grit. This book is a very honest account on Bezos and his quirkiness.
Fascinating story
Enjoyed the style of the narrative. The author did a great job of tying together a lot of information fe a multiplicity of sources. He underscored his theme very and crafted a compelling page turner.
