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by TallGuyShort 229 days ago
From: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-workfor...

> we want to operate like the world’s largest startup

This is a phrase I hear repeated by leadership a lot, and it's usually code for "why doesn't everyone else just make the business grow faster?" It is almost always, as in this case, followed by statements that suggest they don't understand what is actually different about the way a start up functions and why they stopped operating that way at some point in the first place.

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Much like the classic "our department in [big company] works a lot like a startup"
Sounds like some marketer got tasked into trying to convince a group of people that the company is looking at aggressive growth and unrealized markets for as long as they are willing to entertain that delusion.