By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: June 4, 2016
It’s important to remember that even when successful people say things, they’re often just opinions, not facts. Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz once told Jeff Bezos of Amazon, “You have no physical presence. That is going to hold you back.” The reality was that not having a physical presence at that time is what propelled Amazon forward.
(That quote comes from the book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.)