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Great contrast – and you're not really saying that Uber is not building infrastructure but that one is happening faster than the other one: 1) Uber: a) subsidi
by rcach001 10y ago
Great contrast – and you're not really saying that Uber is not building infrastructure but that one is happening faster than the other one:
1) Uber: a) subsidize sales b) build infrastructure
2) Amazon: a) build infrastructure, b) grow sales at a sustainable rate even if it takes 20 years.
I think Zappos had the same business model. But we'll see.
- ghaff 10y agoZappos is an Amazon subsidiary even if it does operate quasi-independently (and quirkily from a management perspective). It looks a lot more like Amazon though with generally far less emphasis on building out infrastructure. Ultimately it's sort of a niche because of the nature of selling shoes online.
- andrewprock 10y agoZappos is now an Amazon subsidiary. It grew sustainably for a decade before Amazon acquired it.
- ghaff 10y agoYes. In many ways they grew more in the vein of many traditional mail order catalogs than Amazon.