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Just because Bezos makes some investments doesn't make him a VC ('runs a VC,' as you put it, isn't the same thing and also isn't really accurate). His primary j

Just because Bezos makes some investments doesn't make him a VC ('runs a VC,' as you put it, isn't the same thing and also isn't really accurate). His primary job is running Amazon, and the idea that he's got his hands in all kinds of pies ('it's dangerous to say he won't do X') is just an illusion he's been very successful at creating.

AndrewUnmuted 11y ago
Online retail, cloud and networking services, original content creation, audiovisual content distribution services, video games, mobile phones, eBooks, audiobooks, video codecs, self-publishing, service marketplaces, freight/shipment services, money transfer services, grocery delivery... I don't believe you are correct to say that Bezos/Amazon are only successful at creating the illusion of diversification. Amazon's encroachment into many different fields is baked right into the company's business model. Source: I worked for Audible, an Amazon subsidiary, for four years.
- gohrt 11y ago
  ... newspaper/website, rocket ships, ...