Campbell: Bezos Founded Amazon After Seeing Internet Grow 2,700% Annually
Patrick Campbell · Brainstorming Ideas with The $200M Man | ft. Patrick Campbell (#519) · Nov 16, 2023 · at 3:21
Patrick Campbell describes how Jeff Bezos used macro growth numbers to decide to start Amazon.
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“When Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he noticed this like crazy stat, you know, this new thing called the internet was growing 2700% per year.”
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