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Innovating While Scaling: Lessons from Amazon

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Innovating with Customer-Centric Approaches

This chapter examines the innovative processes at a leading tech company, emphasizing the significance of starting with customer needs in product development. It introduces the 'working backwards' method, which includes drafting a press release and FAQ to clarify a product's value to customers. The discussion also highlights the transformative journey from physical media to digital products, with insights into the development of the Kindle and AWS, showcasing how understanding user problems can lead to groundbreaking innovations.

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