| This might not be the interview referenced above (kinda brief). Wired acquired Portfolio's content? Or was it their progeny? "Portfolio: Are you always extremely methodical about major decisions? Bezos: With business decisions, yes. With personal decisions, I find that my methodical nature can confuse me, and so I think more about personal decisions, like what job you really want to take or whom you want to marry. Although I did have criteria for that... Portfolio: What's a gut call you made? Bezos: Amazon Prime. It's an all-you-can-eat buffet, $79, that gives you free two-day shipping on everything you buy for a year. When you do the math on that, it always tells you not to do it. Portfolio: One of your big initiatives, a search engine called A9, fell flat. What happened? Bezos: If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you're going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table. Companies are rarely criticized for the things that they failed to try. But they are, many times, criticized for things they tried and failed at." http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2008/05/portfolio_0... |