We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldnt be in this business. – Jeff Bezos
If you dont understand the details of your business you are going to fail. – Jeff Bezos
The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. Thats approaching evil. – Jeff Bezos
I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, its not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but thats not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you. – Jeff Bezos
In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business attitudes and force companies into greater social responsibility – and, I suggest, move us towards a more sustainable practice of capitalism. – Simon Mainwaring