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Part Two: Jeff Bezos and the Birth of Amazon

Behind the Bastards

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A Few Hundred and Forty Five Grand Is Not an Insignificant Investment

The year his mama dad put a hundred and forty five grand into the ness, the company lost 300 thousand dollars. For a while, jeff told every potential investor that the company had a 70 % chance of failing. In 19 96, venture capitalists pour tens of millions of dollars into amazon; things begin moving very fast for jeff. Amazon's first company motto was, get big fast, which is also the motto for a significant portion of steroid twitter.

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