Articles about Jeff Bezos – Page 33 of 35

Lessons from Jeff Bezos: Why you need to be willing to change your mind

Here’s some interesting advice from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: People that are right a lot of the time often change… Read More

Jeff Bezos says patent fights may ‘stifle innovation’

The smartphone patent wars are impacting nearly every technology giant, from Samsung to Google to Microsoft to Apple. Now, Amazon.com’s… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Workday soars in IPO, now valued more than rival Concur

Workday, a Pleasanton, California-based company that specializes in cloud-based payroll, financial management and employee expense management, is soaring in its… Read More

Bezos, CIA invest $30M in quantum computing startup

Jeff Bezos has put money into a robot factory worker, a 10,000 year clock and private car service. And he’s… Read More

Baxter: Robotic worker aims to revolutionize factories, with funding from Jeff Bezos

He has eyes, he has arms and he can accomplish simple tasks to help your business move faster. That’s the… Read More

Zuckerberg’s net worth sinks; Gates remains richest American

Oftentimes the leader of a newly public company experiences a substantial increase in net worth, but Facebook’s shrinking share price… Read More

Bezos: Amazon ‘loaded plane with Kindles’ to test safety

Over the weekend, the New York Times published a great read from Nick Bilton illustrating the challenges that travelers and… Read More

Bezos, Ballmer make top 10 in Vanity Fair’s lists of movers and shakers

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has held onto his No. 3 spot on the New Establishment side of Vanity Fair’s annual… Read More

Ads on a tablet? How Amazon could upend the market

Here’s an important story to note, in the category of news you may have missed over the holiday. The Wall… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Workday files for $400M IPO, facing off against Concur, SAP, Oracle

Workday, a Pleasanton, California-based company that specializes in cloud-based payroll, financial management and employee expense management, has filed to raise… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle Fire sells out, signaling new hardware ahead

Amazon has sold out of its Kindle Fire one week before a news conference where the company is expected to… Read More

Amazon Prime celebrates an amazingly vague milestone

It’s interesting how often a company as numbers-driven as Amazon.com asks its customers and shareholders to judge its progress with… Read More

Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Evan Williams and others bankroll D.C. education upstart EverFi

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams are among the tech heavyweights bankrolling EverFi,… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos donates $2.5 million to support same-sex marriage measure

In what is being called the largest individual gift to support same-sex marriage in the U.S., Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos… Read More

Here’s the startup advice Jeff Bezos gave to Mark Pincus (before the guidance abruptly ended)

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus sat down with PandoDaily’s Sarah Lacy for an entertaining interview last night, covering a range of… Read More

Amazon ‘Yesterday Shipping’: Wrap your brain around this

A popular theory right now is that Amazon is moving toward same-day delivery of products, potentially posing a bigger threat… Read More

Why Amazon.com gave up the sales tax fight: A new face for the ‘online’ retailer?

An interesting thing started happening last year. Amazon.com, which for months had battled states over the collection of sales tax,… Read More

Forget MIT and Stanford: UW computer science department wins high praise in NYT piece

A few weeks ago, I interviewed Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain and asked him pointedly to name one missing ingredient… Read More

Jeff Bezos boosts investment in photo editing service Aviary

Photo editing upstart Aviary has reeled in $6 million in new funding from Bezos Expeditions, the venture arm of Amazon.com… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed robotics startup changes name, raises $30 million

Jeff Bezos loves robots, with Amazon.com shelling out $775 million for Cambridge, Massachusetts robot maker Kiva Systems earlier this year.… Read More

Jeff Bezos & Hillary Clinton, together at last for Kindle announcement next week

Who would have ever guessed we’d see these two people on stage together? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Amazon… Read More

Aviary steps into spotlight with standalone photo-editing apps for iPhone and Android

Aviary, a startup backed by investors including Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, provides the behind-the-scenes photo-editing technology for more than 1,000 apps… Read More

Author Neal Stephenson’s new sword fighting game Clang: The best Kickstarter pitch yet?

We’ve watched a lot of Kickstarter videos in recent months. But nothing — at least in our experience — compares… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos backs Behance, a place for artists to showcase their talents

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Union Square Ventures and angel investor Dave McClure are among the investors pumping $6.5 million into Behance,… Read More

Jeff Bezos in a tux? Amazon tries to find its fit in fashion

Here’s something we’ve never seen before. From khakis and door desks to a tuxedo on the red carpet, the transformation… Read More

Jeff Bezos, Melinda Gates named to Academy of Arts and Sciences

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, philanthropist Melinda Gates and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center director Dr. Larry Corey are among those who’ve been… Read More

Uber’s wild tax day discount: Almost free rides to the post office (and the liquor store)

We’ve seen some interesting tax day promotions in our time, including Intuit’s installation of a golf driving range on Second… Read More

Amazon digital book veteran Steven Kessel takes sabbatical

Amazon.com senior vice president of worldwide digital media Steven Kessel — who helped lead the early efforts behind the Kindle… Read More

Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt bankroll money transfer startup Beamit Mobile

Seattle startup Beamit Mobile has raised $2.4 million in fresh financing from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures, Founder’s Co-op and Bezos… Read More

America’s Best CEO: Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos

Forbes magazine today released its list of America’s best and worst CEOs, and Seattle’s Jeff Bezos finished in the top… Read More