10 key ingredients to innovation from ceo of amazon.com, jeff bezos

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Entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer Jeff Bezos had an early love of computers and studied computer science and electrical engineering at Princeton University. After graduation, he worked on Wall Street, and in 1990 became the youngest senior vice president at the investment firm D.E. Shaw. Four years later, he quit his lucrative job to open Amazon.com, a virtual bookstore that became one of the Internet’s biggest success stories. Listen to the Entrepreneurs Who Inspire Us episode with Jeff Bezos at www.33voices.com/jeff-bezos/audio

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10 Insights From PRESENTS

JEFF BEZOS

Founder & CEO of Amazon.com

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requires a combination of stubborn relentlessness & flexibility

Turning an idea into a successful product

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e key ingredient to successful innovation is

having a willingness to repeatedly fail

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invent on their behalf Listen to your customers -

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One of the most dangerous moves for a company

IS NOT EVOLVING

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With innovation, there isn’t a ‘last nugget’ -

every new thing creates new opportunities

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It’s just the beginning - There is more innovation ahead of us than behind us.

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When you’re passionate about something, YOU WON’T REGRET TRYING

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One of the only ways to get out of a tight box IS TO INVENT YOUR WAY OUT

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Don’t wilt under criticism - FOLLOW YOUR CONVICTIONS

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In the end, we are our choices - build yourself a great story

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REFLECTION

Will inertia be your guide? Or will you follow

your passions?

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Want more? Listen to the full conversation at

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