Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2021-05-12
Alex Kantrowitz & Brad Stone: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast
Amazon Unbound Author Brad Stone On How Nerdy Bezos Turned Into Ripped Bezos
Brad Stone is the author of Amazon Unbound, a new book about the inner workings of Amazon, which releases this week. Stone joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the book, Bezos's transformation, Amazon's culture, and what's in store for the company now that Bezos is leaving the CEO role.
Alex Kantrowitz discussed Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone and The Everything Store by Brad Stone.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Amazon Unbound
Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone offers a comprehensive biographical deep dive into Jeff Bezos, the later years of his leadership at Amazon, and the immense economic and cultural footprint of his corporate empire.
Discussed“Joining us today is the author of the new book, Amazon Unbound, a revealing look into what I think is the most fascinating company on the planet.”
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The Everything Store
The Everything Store by Brad Stone is a definitive corporate history chronicling the turbulent rise of Amazon and the relentless business philosophy of its founder, Jeff Bezos.
Discussed“How do you, how do you think Jeff Bezos, um, from the everything store, which is your first book is different from the one that you write about and Amazon about?”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The curiosity and the passion to invent does strike me. And I definitely saw that while I was writing always day one.”
“And it's funny, I try to chart that change in, in Amazon Unbound in, in the introduction. I really talk about how in the early years, he was so focused on Amazon.”
“There was a scene with him at the beginning of the everything store. So you got him there.”
“I just cracked open my book because I was thinking about this precise thing when I was looking for epigraphs. Um, and I, I use a quote, uh, from a great book, uh, called the last days of night, um, about, about Thomas Edison and Tesla and their rivalry.”
“The author of the new book just came out this week. It's called Amazon Unbound. Uh, so we talked a lot about Jeff Bezos, uh, and his leadership practices and the personality.”