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Founders #296 · March 10, 2023 · 80m
#296 Jeff Bezos: The Everything Store
Senra reads Brad Stone's The Everything Store and finds the thread that connects every Bezos decision: customer obsession as a compass. Bezos didn't predict the future — he built systems that adapted to whatever the future brought.
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Canon
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Senra reveals that Bezos studied Sam Walton's Made in America and adopted its principles wholesale: low prices, customer obsession, frugality. Amazon is Walmart for the internet — and Bezos found his mentor in a biography.
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Senra argues Bezos's Day 1 philosophy is fundamentally stoic: you can't control technology changes, competitor moves, or market conditions. You can control whether your company stays hungry and customer-obsessed.
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