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Jeff Bezos revealed his secret to Amazon’s success 25 years ago: ‘I asked everyone around here to wake up terrified every morning, their sheets drenched in sweat’ (fortune.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by wanderingmagus@lemm.ee to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32365414

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32365208

Back in the 90s, Jeff Bezos went on record as hoping his employees would wake up on the wrong side of the bed—for the greater good, or for the customer at the very least.

Edit: Courtesy of @CatZoomies@lemmy.world :

Here’s the archived version to bypass the paywall:

https://archive.is/Uh2yl

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[–] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 109 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

I thought it was mommy and daddy Bezos forking over around 250k

[–] Augustiner@lemmy.world 70 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Don’t get me wrong, fuck Jeff Bezos’ pampered ass. But growing a giant dystopian mega corp out of 250k is kind of impressive.

I know quite a few privileged people with more money than that and every chance in life one could hope for. None of them would be able to achieve anything close to what he did. They simply aren’t ruthless and megalomaniacal enough.

[–] applepie@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is but so many mega corps current peasant population can sustain.

[–] Augustiner@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Not sure we can sustain any mega corps if I’m honest… but I get your point

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