Book Review of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon 1) About The Book 2) About Authur: Brad Stone 3) Other Books Written By Authur 4) Structure Of The Book 5) Preface 6-8) Organization Culture 9) Personal Review

1. PRESENTED
BY,
JOFFIN SG
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2. About the
book…
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and theAge of
Amazon is authored by Brad Stone. it is the story of
one of the biggest internet success stories
It is the revealing and definitive biography of
Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in
the world and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos
Winner of the 2013 FinancialTimes and Goldman Sachs
Business Book of theYearAward
Originally published: October 15, 2013. ratings- 4/5:
Goodreads 4.8/5: Barnes& Noble

3. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
BRAD STONE
■ BRAD STONE IS AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST AND
WRITER. HE IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL (1989) AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (1993)
■ BEFORE WRITING F O R BLOOMBERG
BUSINESSWEEK, HE WAS A TECHNOLOGY
CORRESPONDENT F O R
THE NEWYORK TIMES. HE HAS ALSO WORKED AT
NEWSWEEK
■ THE EVERYTHING STORE WAS HIS FIRST BOOK
■ HE LIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO

4. Other Books
Written By
the Author
THE UPSTARTS: HOW UBER,
AIRBNB, ANDTHE KILLER
COMPANIES OFTHE NEW
SILICONVALLEYARE CHANGING
THE WORLD
GEARHEADS:THETURBULENT RISE
OF ROBOTIC SPORTS
THE EVERYTHING STORE: JEFF BEZOS
ANDTHE AGE OF AMAZON

5. structure
Part I—FAITH
Chapter 1:The House of Quants
Chapter 2: The Book of Bezos
Chapter 3: Fever Dreams
Chapter 4: Milliravi
Part II—LITERARY
INFLUENCES
Chapter 5: Rocket Boy
Chapter 6: Chaos Theory
Chapter 7: ATechnology
Company, Not a Retailer
Chapter 8: Fiona
Part III—MISSIONARY
OR MERCENARY?
Chapter 9: Liftoff!
Chapter 10: Expedient
Convictions
Chapter 11:The Kingdom
of the Question Mark

6. Preface;
BEZOS’S ROLE MODELS AND
LEARNING STRATEGY
AMAZON’S FOCUS ONTHE
CUSTOMER
JEFF’S FRUGALITY ANDTHE
COMPANY’S SOMETIMES HARSH
WORKING ENVIRONMENT

7. Amazon’s
management
and corporate
culture
Decentralizatio
n and
independent
decision-
making over
communication
Vision and
long-term
thinking

8. Bezos’ private projects
Bezos’ Pragmatism
AmazonWeb Services,
Amazon’s expansion

9. Review:
■ Let your customer service
know no limits.
■ Don’t think tomorrow, don’t
think next month, think 20
years from now.
■ D-I-Y. Do it yourself.

10. Observation
AboutThe
Book:
an emotional rollercoaster.
Amazon’s story is quite
controversial and so is its
founder
book manages to capture
both the historic side of the
path of Amazon’s success