How Bezos built his data machine

Re:How Bezos built his data machine by Gys on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:01AM (#22356080)

I think for some CEOs it is actually applicable. Bezos being one of them. He has build Amazon from scratch. Sure he hired lots and lots of people to help him. But hiring the right people at the right moment is not easy and very, very important. Many startups fail at exactly that point.

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Re:How Bezos built his data machine by sjg007 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @12:01PM (#22357508)

I think Bezos is great and probably the right person but I also think Amazon was inevitable. If it wasn't Bezos it would've been someone else. Maybe not in 1994 but shortly thereafter. Amazon is not invincible either. They started amazon.cn in 1998 but they are now shutting down that division/business.

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Re:How Bezos built his data machine by jjtheblunt on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @12:48PM (#22358159)

Did his wife fund the effort with him, but remain out of the spotlight? (I always wondered.)

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Re:How Bezos built his data machine by travisjungroth on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:25AM (#22356251)

So Bezos gave other people’s money to other people, they built something, and he deserves all the credit?

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Re:How Bezos built his data machine by mirthflat83 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:33AM (#22356314)

Yes, he deserves the majority of the credit. Why do you think CEOs exist?

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Re:How Bezos built his data machine by kingkawn on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @10:36AM (#22356758)

To take credit for things they themselves didn’t do

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Re:How Bezos built his data machine by travisjungroth on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:14AM (#22357072)

I think he deserves like 17% of the credit.

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