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The big ideas of Jeff Bezos

Amazon CEO's visions have often paid off, but his relentless pursuit of them has also led to failures

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A new book says Mr Jeff Bezos is a font of big ideas, badgers staff, nitpicks over details and is willing to devote gobs of time and money to make his visions a reality.

A new book says Mr Jeff Bezos is a font of big ideas, badgers staff, nitpicks over details and is willing to devote gobs of time and money to make his visions a reality.

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Shira Ovide

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How can you tell when the bullheaded and micromanaging boss who trusts his intuition is just nuts, and when he is nuts but right?
That was a question I had after reading Amazon Unbound, a new book about Mr Jeff Bezos and the last decade or so at Amazon, by Mr Brad Stone, a journalist and a former colleague of mine.
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