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Book review: "The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon" by Brad Stone

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I f you could get an idea of limitless possibilities, what would you have done differently? You see, Amazon wasn't always this good. It took amazon weeks to deliver most items to its customers and for scarcer title it could take months. With all this going on, Amazon's profits were thin. When Bezos started the company, he chose Seattle because of the city's reputation as a technology hub. Also, it was very close to its two major book distributors. Kaphans, who is sometimes considered a co-founder of Amazon, tapped a fortune–cookie message to the pc monitor on his desk that reads, "let no man alter your code".                Considering certain situations in life or in any business where your resolve is been tested,  your code can be altered, especially when you are on the weak side of the spectrum.  One thing I have come to appreciate is not only the contribution of  Shel kaphan (even though Bezos assured him that he could have the ...