• Jeff Bezos: Think Long Term

    It’s a couple of years old, but I love this short talk by Amazon.com’s CEO Jeff Bezos.  In it he presents four things he knows: Obsess Over Customers Invent Think Long Term It’s Always Day 1  


  • The Future of Commerce

    “Online commerce currently accounts for only about 6 percent of all commerce in the United States. We still buy more than 90 percent of everything we purchase offline, often by handing over money or swiping a credit card in exchange for the goods we want.” Last Week The New York Times wrote a great piece…


  • Revealed: The 4 Reasons Amazon Web Services Got Approved

    In the summer of 2003 Amazon was a fast-growing online bookstore.  Nine years old, it had pioneered many innovative components of e-commerce that we take for granted today: customer reviews, a personalized shopping experience, relevant product recommendations, and frictionless buying. Jeff Bezos had founded the company in 1994 and began selling books online.  His advantage,…


  • On Monetizing Intent

    90%+ of Google’s Revenue comes from monetizing intent.  What does that mean?  It means that google is best positioned to know what you are looking for *right now*.  Because you start your search with them.  So they sell you and your current intentions to advertisers. There is huge $ in knowing the intent of consumers. …