The book is about the principles and these practices and mechanisms, but also showing through very detailed case staies and examples that you both part ated or witnessed or oversaw first hand. And what's really interesting in that prime section is that, not only that jeff had the wherewithal to push through, but it's al the iterations involved to actually get it to what it is today. We hope you enjoyed this episode of the a 16 z podcast.
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.