The 14 Leadership Principles Balance Each Other

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Long term thinking doesn't necessarily mean it takes longer to get to and goal. A w s got to ten billion dollars in revenue from zero faster than amazon, the retail business did. The one thing i would i had a lot of people say, wile amazon, theyv either have so much money or so much time, they can afford to do all these things.

In this episode from February 2021, early Amazon execs Colin Bryar and Bill Carr -- in conversation with a16z's Sonal Chokshi -- go beyond the well-known artifacts of Amazon innovation, like the memo and the press release, and share the leadership principles, decision making practices, and operational processes that helped Amazon continue to innovate, invent new products and learn from its mistakes, as it scaled.

It’s all based on their book, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon, drawing from the 27 years combined experience of being in the room where it happened at Amazon.