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> Whew, Bezos practically had billionaire status handed to him. Counterargument: he was in the right place, at the right time, and happened to be working in a
by angersock 8y ago
> Whew, Bezos practically had billionaire status handed to him.
Counterargument: he was in the right place, at the right time, and happened to be working in a sector that made it easy to pivot into online retail.
Not to say that his skill/leadership wasn't involved in going from say 2bn to 100bn, but he lucked out in timing.
- ymolodtsov 8y agoEvery major business did too.
- gowld 8y agoExplain how Bezos was "lucky" that every other online bookstore failed to do what Amazon.com did.
- distances 8y agoWouldn't luck work that specific outcome? One lottery ticket holder manages to do what others in the same situation didn't. Of course he is talented, but I don't believe him to be somehow absolutely unique, rather just some suitable combination of talented, connected, and lucky.
- gowld 8y agoThat's moving the goalposts from "lucky", to "talented, connected, and lucky", which is a huge move. Building a massive business is not something that anyone has the same "lottery ticket" chance to do successfully, even if given the same connections and support Bezos had.