Jeff Bezos spoke this afternoon at the Amazon Web Services re: Invent conference in Las Vegas, interviewed on stage by Amazon technology chief Werner Vogels. It was a wide-ranging talk, covering not just AWS but also Bezos’ entrepreneurial advice, the principles of Amazon’s business, and even two of Bezos’ side projects: the 10,000 year clock… Read More…
Nicholas Patrick, the fifth British astronaut to go to space and a NASA veteran, has joined the Blue Origin team to provide his expertise as a human integration architect. Blue Origin, the often-secretive commercial space venture started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is based south of Seattle and is one of the companies using funding from… Read More…
It’s the equivalent of the groundhog coming out of his hole. For 12 months out of the year, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is a bit of a recluse, avoiding the spotlight at nearly every turn. But with the all-important holiday shopping season now upon us (yes, it has already started before this early Thanksgiving) Bezos… Read More…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos went on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show Thursday night and talked about Amazon’s early days, how the company competes with Apple and a potential Amazon smartphone. Well, Bezos actually said nothing about the smartphone after being prodded by Fallon to spill the beans. But Bezos still discussed plenty more, including how… Read More…
Since the early days of GeekWire, one of our favorite features has been the Startup Spotlight in which we touch base with early-stage entrepreneurs about the joys and fears of running their own companies. It’s fun to touch base with these folks, since many are hoping that they can follow in the entrepreneurial paths laid… Read More…
Dubbing him the “ultimate disrupter,” Fortune magazine has chosen Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos as its Businessperson of the Year. The profile that accompanies the honor, written expertly by senior editor Adam Lashinsky, delves into everything from Amazon’s memo-based culture to Bezos’ love of science fiction to the company’s legendary focus on the customer. Quoted throughout the… Read More…
It was another big year for Amazon.com, with the expansion of the company’s Kindle and Kindle Fire lineup, the continued growth of Amazon Web Services, major sales tax truces across the country, Amazon’s rapid growth and expansion in Seattle, and moves by the company’s core e-commerce business into new areas such as fashion and wine…. Read More…
Here’s some interesting advice from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: People that are right a lot of the time often change their minds. Bezos chatted with 37signals, a web-based software developer for individual and small businesses, and took random questions for 45 minutes from the employees. He brought up some intriguing ideas about people who make… Read More…
The smartphone patent wars are impacting nearly every technology giant, from Samsung to Google to Microsoft to Apple. Now, Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos is sharing a few thoughts on the matter, telling the U.K. news publication Metro that the lawsuits “might start to stifle innovation.” “Governments may need to look at the patent system and see… Read More…
Workday, a Pleasanton, California-based company that specializes in cloud-based payroll, financial management and employee expense management, is soaring in its initial public offering today. The company, which priced the IPO at $28 under the ticker WDAY, is now trading around $47 per share. The competitor to Redmond-based Concur Technologies is backed by Amazon.com co-founder Jeff… Read More…
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