When it comes to his Blue Origin space venture, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos likes to say “slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.” But a new book claims Bezos was… Read More
“I wonder what unit profitability was in 2017 without advertising?” That seemingly mundane question, posed by Jeff Bezos during a meeting of Amazon’s senior leadership team, won’t get as much… Read More
This story has been updated with comments from Brad Stone. One of the first authors to pull back the veil on notoriously mysterious Amazon is back at it, working on… Read More
When it comes to disruption, Brad Stone wrote the book. Twice. The best-selling author of The Everything Store, a detailed account of Amazon’s history, is out with another book, this time… Read More
2007 wasn’t exactly a stellar year. It was the beginning of the worst economic crisis in the United States since the great depression, and companies and individuals everywhere took a… Read More
Amazon has started blocking users from pre-ordering books published by Hachette — including a book about Amazon itself — as a part of an ongoing contract dispute between the two… Read More
The reviews for Brad Stone’s book profiling Amazon’s early years are beginning to resemble something approaching a water cooler for people associated with Amazon. In a four-star review of “The… Read More
Brad Stone, the journalist whose detailed account of Amazon’s rise received a withering, one-star review from Jeff Bezos’ wife MacKenzie Bezos yesterday, has responded by promising to correct any factual… Read More
Updated, 2:10 P.M. — Comment from Amazon added near the bottom of this story Out of the 44 reviews for “The Everything Store,” the new book about Amazon and its founder Jeff… Read More
In less than two decades of existence, Amazon has emerged as a force not just in online commerce but in the broader world of technology, with 90,000 employees around the world… Read More
Brad Stone’s new book about Amazon.com, “The Everything Store,” will be released on Tuesday — a definitive and unvarnished account of the rise of Amazon and its CEO, Jeff Bezos.… Read More
When journalist Brad Stone first sat down with Jeff Bezos to discuss his plan to write a book about Amazon, he knew he was facing long odds in trying to… Read More
Ted Jorgensen is a 69-year-old former circus performer and unicyclist who runs a small bike shop in Glendale, Ariz. He has an epic laugh, and his shop is lauded in online reviews… Read More