Jeff Bezos

10 statements across 9 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jun 15, 2017 by Victor Rosenman · said 333 times in 199 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Jun 15, 2017 negative
Disclosure
Rosenman would reject a $90M acquisition offer from Jeff Bezos
“No, no way.”
Victor Rosenman Jun 15, 2017 ▶ 24:24 691: King of Amazon Pricing Raises $33M, Helping 500 Sellers Make More Money
Apr 12, 2018 positive
Opinion
Holliday: Studying Jeff Bezos is like watching Henry Ford figure out industry
“Well, Jeff Bezos, that's like being alive when Henry Ford figured everything out. If you're not studying him, you're missing something.”
Linda Holliday Apr 12, 2018 ▶ 20:22 992 Is She Building The New Wordpress for Enterprise?
Sep 3, 2018 negative
Insight
Delaying decisions goes long on the status quo and short on optionality
“A no decision is a decision not to do something, and that's very important, because most people think that if you can't make a decision right now, and you punt, that you're getting free time, and it's not true. When you decide to stay a status quo, he thinks o…”
Manny Medina Sep 3, 2018 ▶ 3:32 1136 Outreach.io CEO: "We'll hit $10m/quarter in 2018" with focus on ARPU expansion
Sep 3, 2018
Assertion Supported
Jeff Bezos ran day-long 'colonoscopy' meetings on every Amazon operational detail
“His Monday morning or a Tuesday morning meetings that will last all day are colonoscopies on the entire business. He will go in and just be all up everybody's things and just understand his business to the very minute level.”
Manny Medina Sep 3, 2018 ▶ 3:02 1136 Outreach.io CEO: "We'll hit $10m/quarter in 2018" with focus on ARPU expansion
Sep 27, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Amazon receives no data or operational learnings from Convoy
“Yeah, I can't comment on Amazon's plans, but it's certainly not the case where they're learning or getting data from Convoy. There's no relationship like that.”
Dan Lewis Sep 27, 2018 ▶ 15:21 1160 Convoy, The Uber for Trucking, Charges Avg $4/mile on 100 mile trip, Takes Less Than 20% Per Unit Shipped
Oct 30, 2018 positive
Opinion
John James: Walmart overpaid for Jet.com, but Marc Lore is a genius
“Well, of course they did, but Mark Lohr's a genius. There's only two of him, and one's named Jeff Bezos, and then Mark's the other one. So yeah, of course they overpaid.”
John James Oct 30, 2018 ▶ 18:32 1193 Now Anyone Can Use the Tech He Used to Build His $100m eCommerce Brand
May 8, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Carson: Basecamp has no outside shareholders besides Jeff Bezos' 5% stake
“They, they're a super private company. They don't have actually any shareholders other than I think Jeff Bezos owns five percent.”
Ryan Carson May 8, 2019 ▶ 15:28 1383 Treehouse Moves from $24m ARR B2C SaaS to B2B Helping Companies Scale Dev Teams
Jun 16, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Vandenberg: Chili Piper bases every decision on Amazon-style long-form memos
“Well, that, that meeting organized with a long form memo, right? Where every decision is based on a memo. We do that. The same thing. We, It's working really well.”
Nicolas Vandenberghe Jun 16, 2019 ▶ 18:10 1422 How He Drove $300k Expansion on $1m ARR Cohort in 12 Months
Apr 2, 2020 bullish
Opinion
FarmRaiser founder claims platform can beat Amazon on marketplace flaws
“Of course I'm following Bezos cause he's going to be my new neighbor and much of what they did in their marketplace we like, and much of it that we don't like, we think we can beat them at.”
Mark Abbott Apr 2, 2020 ▶ 14:04 1713 Is this a better way for schools to fundraise?
Feb 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Bhaskaran stopped studying Jeff Bezos because he 'became a dick'
“I used to follow Bezos before he became a dick, but that's alright.”
Vivek Bhaskaran Feb 8, 2023 ▶ 20:25 Bootstrapped to $30m By Acquiring Smaller Companies for 2x, How Question Pro Did It
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