Jeff Bezos - March 1998, earliest long speech

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  • @elperroreggae
    @elperroreggae Před 4 lety +158

    The audio is surprisingly good for the video's quality.

    • @BunnyMuffins
      @BunnyMuffins Před 3 lety +23

      the SM58 been used since the 60s I think. Many youtubers/streamers/singers still buy the SM58 for $100 in 2020. Crazy to think how far video has come, but audio only got a few new upgrades

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 3 lety +1

      @@BunnyMuffins who the fuck knows after all

    • @thisisajaym
      @thisisajaym Před 3 lety +1

      @@BunnyMuffins Great info.

    • @richiekock8835
      @richiekock8835 Před 3 lety +5

      dude it was 1998, not 1898

    • @topdog5252
      @topdog5252 Před 2 lety

      @@BunnyMuffins rlly. That’s pretty wild

  • @Etwnby5211
    @Etwnby5211 Před 3 lety +52

    Amazing performance-articulate, charismatic, detail-oriented, and farsighted.

  • @amorybristol2568
    @amorybristol2568 Před 4 lety +152

    This man had a strong strategy from the get go, and he stuck to it. Much respect!

    • @jayjawad8665
      @jayjawad8665 Před 3 lety +11

      He also had plenty of loyal venture capital money that got his back throughout the ups and downs....But, above all, he took a chance and it paid off....

    • @Anthony-sn9kl
      @Anthony-sn9kl Před 3 lety

      Indeed

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 Před 3 lety

      He didn't stick to his original strategy; he brought in MBAs and started selling everything.

    • @rosh70
      @rosh70 Před rokem +1

      Absolutely. "stuck with it" is a key phrase - he's not just smart, he's wise and thinks long-term.

  • @0ca0s000100err0r0000
    @0ca0s000100err0r0000 Před 3 lety +57

    I have the feeling that this video will be studied in history class and books. Awesome document.

  • @ephraimmulilo7098
    @ephraimmulilo7098 Před 4 lety +86

    Looking back it's easy to understand why Amazon is where it is today. Good on ya Jeff!

  • @lorenzo.fiorini
    @lorenzo.fiorini Před 3 lety +68

    Talking about using neural networks for recommendation algorithms in 1998. 😌

    • @adamlee9347
      @adamlee9347 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah that was interesting

    • @adamlee9347
      @adamlee9347 Před 3 lety +1

      @@depression_isnt_real me neither

    • @teleportdinero
      @teleportdinero Před 3 lety

      @@depression_isnt_real young sheep u guys will never learn🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @HazemElsawy
      @HazemElsawy Před 3 lety

      It’s insane how focused this guy was and still

    • @laxmikantapoudel5049
      @laxmikantapoudel5049 Před 3 lety

      @@depression_isnt_real Would you mind telling your experience so that it can help me too.

  • @symontemplar1418
    @symontemplar1418 Před 3 lety +24

    His searing intellect and mirthful enthusiasm is on full display for all to see.

  • @CaptainPlanet007
    @CaptainPlanet007 Před 3 lety +26

    Wow!! Looking back hindsight, Bezos saw the future for what it is today. He’s a true visionary.

  • @orlandofranconovesterasjr.5548

    All the people asking questions sounds like they had a whole week preparing their questions, so clear and confident haha

  • @temisanakapa4157
    @temisanakapa4157 Před 3 lety +11

    I am sure the organizers of this event would be proud they invited jeff for this talk looking back at it now. such a visionary

  • @fordtruck7896
    @fordtruck7896 Před 2 lety +10

    Having seen several Bezos talks already, I'm amazed at how much new & interesting info is in this speech!! Great video!

  • @Eetelpiii
    @Eetelpiii Před 3 lety +16

    "It's my wife speaking up, saving me, once again!" you deserve your billions McKenzie! F what everybody says!!!!

  • @HazemElsawy
    @HazemElsawy Před 3 lety +8

    I thought this was 2018 or something speech, until I looked at the address and saw 1998, he was so far ahead of his competition no wonder he’s the richest now

  • @Stringfreak
    @Stringfreak Před 3 lety +9

    That man surely seems to know what he is doing. I hope he becomes a millionaire someday.

  • @SVTX.AP0L0_
    @SVTX.AP0L0_ Před 2 lety +10

    This is exactly the kind of content I was looking for... J.Bezos on his own words, out of kinda 'romantic' stories.
    Many truths spoken, which we take for a granted reality in the present; it must have been exciting having been on that room at that moment.
    Thanks for sharing this!😉👍👍

  • @omkar0lb7
    @omkar0lb7 Před 3 lety +13

    Just about to sleep when i discovered this gem, completed it!
    Sleep can wait

  • @kunalsarkar2246
    @kunalsarkar2246 Před 3 lety +5

    "customer satisfaction" focus on one thing, give it time and you will be great at it, money and fame will come automatically

  • @gytisatmanavicius689
    @gytisatmanavicius689 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for the re-upload those tend to get lost or overshadowed by the sheer amount of content available nowadays.

    • @symontemplar1418
      @symontemplar1418 Před 3 lety +1

      There is s lot of garbage out their as it relates to content. This upload however is pure gold.

  • @weinvestedtv
    @weinvestedtv Před 3 lety +3

    Great video 🔥

  • @MarketStoic
    @MarketStoic Před 5 měsíci

    These old videos are important to watch again, because they enlighten you about what to look for in a founder. There will continue to be many startups and businesses being setup in the near future. And we want to be able to identify the ones with the most potential for future success; starting with how passionate and dedicated their founders are

  • @valentinec1245
    @valentinec1245 Před 4 lety +19

    Very interesting video, Jeff is a great visionary and pioneer, Thanks for sharing

  • @Neonb88
    @Neonb88 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazon's catalogue would have been the size of 40 NYC phone books in 1998! Wow, not gonna forget that soon.
    That's like buying the Encyclopedia Brittannica and paging through it rather than driving to the nearest bookstore

  • @MrWarmhole
    @MrWarmhole Před rokem +6

    It's crazy that he talks about the technology at the time as somebody from today would now.

  • @FbjfjifHdgr
    @FbjfjifHdgr Před 26 dny +1

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  • @jaicsdx
    @jaicsdx Před 3 lety +19

    you may think amazon is a giant bully killing other shops and merchants, but this guy has a heart of gold.

    • @akashyadav1975
      @akashyadav1975 Před 3 lety

      Not actually

    • @jasdeepsingh6568
      @jasdeepsingh6568 Před 3 lety +1

      Ya... Not really. Bezos is a genius but he's also a greedy capitalist.

    • @symontemplar1418
      @symontemplar1418 Před 3 lety +3

      @@jasdeepsingh6568 Capitalism. It's the American way :)

    • @butt.
      @butt. Před 3 lety +3

      @@jasdeepsingh6568 Ah yes, another attack at producers and capitalists, with no solution or alternative other than living in a sense of moral superiority while bathing in ignorance for how the labor markets work.

    • @jgrullon32
      @jgrullon32 Před 3 lety

      Hes ahead of competition. You either survive or don't survive. Dont have to pay taxes. Customer service. Hire people in different industries.

  • @jessicamaden707
    @jessicamaden707 Před 2 lety +4

    ❤💚 Everything Jeff puts out is GOLD. Even in its youth Amazon knew the strength of spiritual growth.
    Thank you Jeff for teaching the world so much. 💚❤

  • @badboysandhu
    @badboysandhu Před 3 lety +8

    Seems like a nice guy, hope it worked out for him

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    @FbjfjifHdgr Před 23 dny +1

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  • @klesstwo
    @klesstwo Před 2 lety +4

    He called the internet "Primitive Infant"Technology in 1998. It's almost as if he had a 30 year vision of his company and the internet and he saw how "shitty" the internet is from 1998.

  • @sethother8012
    @sethother8012 Před rokem +1

    That opening speech guy with the Boston accent reminds me of the lawyer from the Simpsons. Not lionel hutz, the other guy, with the glasses who always defends Mr Burns.

  • @eduard5524
    @eduard5524 Před 4 měsíci

    Great speech, demonstrates what a skilled strategic businessman looks like.

  • @andyvaldez212
    @andyvaldez212 Před rokem +2

    49:44 greatest understatement of the century ....

  • @kmowl1994
    @kmowl1994 Před 2 lety

    This is a gem

  • @amalekilawlor2922
    @amalekilawlor2922 Před 5 měsíci +1

    “People think neural networks will be valuable in this space”, little did he know. 😂

  • @mooallan5611
    @mooallan5611 Před 3 lety +7

    I liked the story about money in floppy desk at min.12

  • @Timetraveler532
    @Timetraveler532 Před 3 lety +9

    This guy is on the frontier of the internet and has no idea of its potential but excited to take full advantage and fast forward to today drops his wife and same day gets with his side chick . Dont underestimate this tech geek.

    • @raymondhansen4482
      @raymondhansen4482 Před 3 lety +1

      He was very aware of the potential of the internet. As he mentions in this speech, the use of the internet was growing 2300% yoy and he as a TED talk (link provided) where he compares early stages of other industries and compares it to the internet.
      czcams.com/video/vMKNUylmanQ/video.html
      Tech Geek and Visionary !

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    @FbjfjifHdgr Před 26 dny +1

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  • @prula
    @prula Před 3 lety +2

    Epic Truth Bombs!

  • @GauravSingh-js3vm
    @GauravSingh-js3vm Před 3 lety +7

    Google uncle was yet to be born at the time of this speech..😄😅

  • @krishnarajbastola50
    @krishnarajbastola50 Před rokem +1

    I hope 🤞🥺

  • @joejoe-ln1wq
    @joejoe-ln1wq Před 3 lety +1

    This video is going to get millions of views

  • @CaptainPlanet007
    @CaptainPlanet007 Před 3 lety +11

    These people should of invested in Amazon stock after this speech, had they done so, many of them would of been millionaires.

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 3 lety +5

      should HAVE

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 3 lety +2

      how the fuck can anyone make that "mistake"

    • @CaptainPlanet007
      @CaptainPlanet007 Před 3 lety +2

      @@alainportant6412 You failed.

    • @andrewgarcia3136
      @andrewgarcia3136 Před 3 lety

      they would also be scum for participating in the rise of one of the most notorious robber barons of all time. i'm a trader but amazon is a hard pass for me. don't need it, don't want it.

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 Před 3 lety +7

      ​@@andrewgarcia3136 If you are a trader you are a piece of shit. You are the worse of the worse, you destroy value instead of creating it.
      Bezos created the best online marketplace and the best most reliable cloud computing service mankind has ever known, he did all of it within 25 years, and now he's building the space market of tomorrow.
      What did you do for society in 25 years you nobody piece of shit.

  • @goo4450
    @goo4450 Před 3 lety +9

    the good ole' days when amazon associates got 15%

  • @FbjfjifHdgr
    @FbjfjifHdgr Před 26 dny +1

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  • @bobby-hg9hs
    @bobby-hg9hs Před 5 měsíci

    The early day's of BEZOS 💞💝💞

  • @TheDavidlloydjones
    @TheDavidlloydjones Před 3 lety +4

    A.B. Dick: Every highschool craziness I ever did, 1957 to 1961, was made possible by their machines!
    (Actually not quite: I may have done one or two things in methyl blue off a sheet of gelatin -- so I knew enough to be impressed by the Dick machines. Thank you, then-kyew, honestly, Thank You, A.B. Dick corporation!)
    1998 is roughly about when I sent my fifth Amazon purchase back for a refund -- but told them on the phone that the first four had been so good I really wanted them to succeed.

  • @themovement1092
    @themovement1092 Před rokem

    Right on target 🎯 Jeff ♥️

  • @kimchi_taco
    @kimchi_taco Před 3 lety +1

    51:00 collaborative filter and neural net in 1998 wow

  • @tongchengli5024
    @tongchengli5024 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow

  • @jayashreechakravarthy4949
    @jayashreechakravarthy4949 Před 8 měsíci

    Jeff gets access to my humorometer.

  • @satyambhartee3189
    @satyambhartee3189 Před rokem

    Fun shopping, there was a particular day in china when there is maximum clothes sale, that was perfect example of fun shopping without need

  • @FranzVonGaart
    @FranzVonGaart Před 2 lety +1

    26:20 he talks about decision-making frameworks - "regret minimization framework".

  • @nzshareman
    @nzshareman Před 3 lety +2

    He didn't mention longitude what a plonka !!!

  • @NOAZ-Spa-KUNGU-Kulambiro
    @NOAZ-Spa-KUNGU-Kulambiro Před 5 měsíci

    🎉🎉

  • @Wahyu-sz3sh
    @Wahyu-sz3sh Před 3 lety +2

    This is cool

  • @Neonb88
    @Neonb88 Před 3 lety +2

    Jeff starts at 4:32

  • @Math_kru_earng
    @Math_kru_earng Před 23 dny

    what stage of Amazon at that time?

  • @shivangraisurana9955
    @shivangraisurana9955 Před 3 lety +1

    when it just sold books... im sure no one took him as seriously then

  • @lifeisabadjoke5750
    @lifeisabadjoke5750 Před 8 měsíci

    Wow what a visionary!

  • @satyambhartee3189
    @satyambhartee3189 Před rokem

    Fun shopping, binge shopping, and Amazon started by selling convience to book readers

  • @yomwoldemichael451
    @yomwoldemichael451 Před 3 lety +3

    @22:00 he predicted hubspot

  • @starlord872
    @starlord872 Před 2 lety

    I wonder how he did advertisement at the time?

  • @moonboy5851
    @moonboy5851 Před 3 lety +6

    Ahead of his time.

  • @eric_9565
    @eric_9565 Před 3 lety +3

    Talking about AI in 98

  • @alainportant6412
    @alainportant6412 Před 3 lety +7

    Beff Jezos 8:37

  • @namantainit
    @namantainit Před 3 lety +1

    Neural network in 😲

  • @user-ce6bg8pv2n
    @user-ce6bg8pv2n Před 4 měsíci

    Jeff

  • @trapslime16
    @trapslime16 Před 2 lety

    Before Google and facebook

  • @SaugaSen
    @SaugaSen Před 3 lety

    Buying up all the original books on Lycans 👀👁

  • @fantasypolice
    @fantasypolice Před rokem

    57:42 - "Save for later" 🛒

  • @satyambhartee3189
    @satyambhartee3189 Před rokem

    So it's an ancient method of operating

  • @sethother8012
    @sethother8012 Před rokem

    At 16:10 he says Amazon generates 300, 000 in revenue annually. lol He’s almost proud too. He doesn’t even know yet.

  • @SheikhWaqar-kd8ke
    @SheikhWaqar-kd8ke Před 14 dny

    Hope never sleep

  • @pranjayarora8115
    @pranjayarora8115 Před 6 měsíci

    VIDEO AD ON CZcams APP NO AD ON CZcams WEBSITE

  • @timothycook4782
    @timothycook4782 Před 3 lety

    "Still, Yahoo of course, is the most trafficked site"

  • @Fenghanlinthebest
    @Fenghanlinthebest Před 3 lety +2

    back when his hair existed

  • @ammbr
    @ammbr Před 4 lety +12

    we call that a visionary. damn... nowadays its AI that will be the next big thing, i'm 100% sure... 10years from now, whoever build something around AI ideas It would be the next huge hit.

  • @BigGerthQuake
    @BigGerthQuake Před 3 lety +2

    This level of vertical integration reminds me of Tesla 🤫

  • @jayashreechakravarthy4949
    @jayashreechakravarthy4949 Před 8 měsíci

    Wipe.

  • @chenlim2165
    @chenlim2165 Před měsícem

    LOL, AI was hot even in 1998. 21:00

  • @juhyokang2571
    @juhyokang2571 Před 7 měsíci

    Last order wait okok

  • @user-ob8zf7mn6z
    @user-ob8zf7mn6z Před rokem

    кажете името на българина

  • @donutsarecool5409
    @donutsarecool5409 Před rokem

    57:15

  • @satyambhartee3189
    @satyambhartee3189 Před rokem

    🦊 competition

  • @nangmoi7957
    @nangmoi7957 Před 3 lety

    if you want God to forgive you dont commet here just go to the church and pray.

  • @dilshodsultan6575
    @dilshodsultan6575 Před 3 lety +1

    "We did have God review the Bible", LMAO

  • @user-oj4iz9gb9m
    @user-oj4iz9gb9m Před 7 měsíci +1

    😂$2 MIL by his parents in 1996 (public library records) prove that making even 10 tech startups with it, could've been possible, out of which easily 3 could've been listed on nyse. STOP #hero #worshipping

    • @zachbarber3211
      @zachbarber3211 Před 5 měsíci

      Do you.. not know what venture capitalists are? Asking his parents to invest is a favor to them, it allows them to profit off the business. If it weren't for his parents, by 1996 he could have absolutely taken the existing business to some VC's and secured the same funding. Your point is moot.

    • @user-oj4iz9gb9m
      @user-oj4iz9gb9m Před 5 měsíci

      @@zachbarber3211 😂BEZOS PARENTS R NOT VCs, WERE NOT VCs.

    • @zachbarber3211
      @zachbarber3211 Před 5 měsíci

      @@user-oj4iz9gb9m you have no idea what I'm saying, do you? I didn't say they were VCs. Of course we aren't VCs, neither is Bezos. A VC is somebody who makes it their business to invest in other businesses. I don't think you understand what that is or what we're talking about here. My point was that if his parents didn't invest 2 mil some VC would have gladly.

  • @andrewgarcia3136
    @andrewgarcia3136 Před 3 lety +1

    Jeff Bezos has decided he will not end world hunger today

    • @RichieD_21
      @RichieD_21 Před 2 lety

      As if he has the power to do that smh idiot

  • @emsik185
    @emsik185 Před 3 lety +1

    we need to stop buying online, we are killing off local stores buying online, being lazy :(

  • @satyambhartee3189
    @satyambhartee3189 Před rokem

    Ààabooka

  • @buzztalk4560
    @buzztalk4560 Před 3 lety +1

    I thought its DONALD TRUMP 51:03 :) :)

  • @medisonluna1254
    @medisonluna1254 Před 3 lety +1

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  • @teleportdinero
    @teleportdinero Před 3 lety +1

    Dude been greedy since 1998!! The richest man in the world is a joke!

  • @michaelanderson9897
    @michaelanderson9897 Před 2 lety

    Highly doubt this man will be successful.🤪

  • @WheelsakaSpeedy
    @WheelsakaSpeedy Před 3 lety +5

    The audio is surprisingly good for the video's quality.