Posts Tagged As Stubborn

Why Bezos Will Find Success – He’s Stubborn on Long-Term Vision but Flexible on Details

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on how Jeff Bezos creates opportunity for vast discovery at Amazon (my post Amazon Drives Innovation by Creating Opportunities for Vast Discovery).  I had actually been working on this post at the time when I found a great quote from Bezos on the culture of “pioneering” that he was trying to create at Amazon.  It made for such a great story that I just had to run with it and push this story aside.  Well, Bezos has done it again.  He threw the world another curveball yesterday with the announcement that he is purchasing The Washington Post for $250 million.  The pundits are in a whirlwind discussing whether or not Bezos will be successful with this big gamble.  Knowing Bezos and his long-term orientation I would give him better odds than most that he will find success.

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