Re:There’s no such thing as “a startup within a big company”
by zalequin on Friday February 19, 2021 @11:27AM
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I think Bezos referred to the mindset of the people who live and die by the success of the company - namely the founders and executives who are responsible for making sure it succeeds.
Re:There’s no such thing as “a startup within a big company”
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Friday February 19, 2021 @04:28PM
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Do they live and die by the success of the company. If the business starts to decline who is terminated first. The founders and executives. The audience for the letter from this quote is taken is not only founders and executives, it is Amazon employees, investors, potential investors and analysts, i.e., the public.
Ah, not quite. At that early stage, the risk and opportunities are different. He wants his employees to to work as hard as if it were Day One, but he cannot offer 10s of thousands of workers the same possibilities as if they arrived on Day One.