Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It
Written by Brian Dumaine
Narrated by Dan Bittner
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About this audiobook
Like Henry Ford, Sam Walton, or Steve Jobs in the early years of Ford, Walmart, and Apple, Jeff Bezos is the business story of the decade. Bezos, the richest man on the planet, has built one of the most efficient wealth-creation machines in history with more than 2% of US household income being spent on nearly 500 million products shipped from warehouses in seventeen countries. Amazon’s business model has not only turned the retail industry and cloud computing inside out, but now its tentacles are squeezing media and advertising, and disrupting the state of technology, the economy, job creation, and society at large. Amazon’s impact is so pervasive that business leaders in nearly every sector around the world need to understand how this force of nature operates.
Based on unprecedented behind-the-scenes reporting from 150 sources inside and outside of Amazon, Bezonomics unveils the underlying principles Jeff Bezos uses to achieve his dominance—customer obsession, extreme innovation, and long-term management, all supported by artificial intelligence—and shows how these are being borrowed and replicated by companies across the United States, in China, and elsewhere. Including tips for Amazon-proofing your business, Bezonomics answers the fundamental question: How are Amazon and its imitators affecting the way we live, and what can we learn from them?
A goldmine for some, and a threat for others, “Bezonomics” has proven to be a life-shaping force in our lives both now and in the foreseeable future.
Brian Dumaine
Brian Dumaine is an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor at Fortune magazine. In addition to Bezonomics, his works include The Plot to Save the Planet, and, with three coauthors, Go Long: Why Long-Term Thinking Is Your Best Short-Term Strategy. He and his wife live in New York.
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Readers find this title to be a good read for beginners, fans, and experts in e-commerce and e-grocery business. It provides an excellent presentation of Amazon as a company and Jeff Bezos as a leader. The book is well-written and offers useful insights into Amazon's business strategies. The narrator of the audiobook is incredible, adding intonation and emotion to the speech. While there is a negative critique from a biased person, overall, readers appreciate the important information presented in a captivating way. It is recommended for those interested in learning about Amazon and its impact on the future.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5It is a negative critique of Amazon of a biased person.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5About how Amazon became Amazon and what it means for the future
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book is amazing and the narrator is incredible, I honestly appreciate the intonation and emotion put in the speech. I could learn a lot about Jeff Bezos and his company, some of his many difficulties to become an entrepreneur, and the high price to pay to be on top. Also, the pros and cons of you choosing to work with AWS, Amazon "Describe as deal with the devil" told by one of those sellers on the Amazon platform, Because they take your data, They know what you sell, for who, here and when and even more than you think you know about your product or service. Then they employ, yes, Your data and idea against you to profit. You pay the price overall for the facility. They sell the same product as you but at a lower price until crush you because they have money enough to sell the product at the lowest or even worse so low that there is no profit, but they have time, they may until lower Instead of Profit Because they have the data, They have the product, And now they have your idea provided by your business and say goodbye thank you, but now we handle it by ourselves. And you are crushed And kicked out. "∆ It's the AWS Dark Side ∆" I could learn through the book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excelente, demasíado bueno para no leer. Revelador y agudo. Un diez
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent presentation of Amazon as company and Jeff Bezos as leader.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I USE THE BEZONOMICS BOOK TO COMPLETE THE BOOK I'M WORKING ON ON IKONOMICS THANK YOU BRIAN DUMAINE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL IDEA FOR ME,
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good read for e-commerce, e-grocery business beginners, fans and experts. 5/5
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This is a boring and elementary book. Mostly surface level topics.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read this book in preparation of becoming a third party seller on Amazon - and found it very useful. Well written, great division of chapters, useful insights into Amazon's business strategies and visual enough to keep things interesting on the audio book. Would certainly recommend!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Best book I’ve read this year. Important information told in a captivating way.