12 business lessons you can learn from Jeff Bezos of Amazon

12 business lessons you can learn from Jeff Bezos of Amazon, from the URL I linked to:

  1. Be stubborn, and flexible. “We are stubborn on vision, and flexible on details.”
  2. The “Two Pizza Rule.”
  3. Never stop experimenting.
  4. Invent.
  5. Think long term.
  6. Tie experimentation, invention, and innovation together.
  7. Present and discuss memoranda, not slide shows.
  8. Obsess about customers. “Focusing on the customer makes a company more resilient,” and “Start with the customer and work backwards.”
  9. Base your strategy on things that won’t change.
  10. Identify and remove risk.
  11. Get started now to avoid regret later.
  12. (#12 isn’t really a lesson, just some notes he gave in a speech.)