Jeff Bezos, an Outlier? by Mohammad Islam https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19 Was he an outlier or he had innate talent? en-us 2017-08-17 14:31:23 UTC 2025-12-16 12:11:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png s785000 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181448994 A timeline of Amazons success. ]]> 2017-08-17 14:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181448994 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181449379 2017-08-17 14:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181449379 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181449496 2017-08-17 14:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181449496 s785000 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181450233 2017-08-17 14:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181450233 s785000 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181450442 2017-08-17 14:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181450442 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181450498 2017-08-17 14:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181450498 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181536879 2017-08-17 22:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181536879 Jeff Bezos is an entrepreneur and an online retailer but he is more likely to be recognized as the founder of the amazing website we use called Amazon.com, the world's largest online shopping retailer atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181558221 2017-08-18 02:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181558221 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181558893 Who is Jeff Bezos?]]> 2017-08-18 02:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181558893 Bezos was born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. When he was 4 his mother re-married a Cuban immigrant Named, Mike Bezos because his biological father left them right after he was born atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181563673 2017-08-18 03:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181563673 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181564290 2017-08-18 03:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181564290 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181564686 2017-08-18 03:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181564686 Bezos showed early interest to understand how things worked. As his mother, Jacklyn described, during a kiddie park boat ride he started to follow the pulley system instead of waving at his mother. When he was little he used a screwdriver to take apart his crib because he wanted to sleep in a real bed. atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181564775 2017-08-18 03:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181564775 Most of his curiosity for science was inspired by his grandfather who used to work as a manager at Atomic energy commision. Jeff frequently visited is grandfather's ranch where they hung out together atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181565691 2017-08-18 03:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181565691 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181566008 2017-08-18 03:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181566008 In this presentation we are trying to answers if Jeff Bezos was an outlier or did he have advantages and opportunities that can only be described as luck? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181566072 2017-08-18 03:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181566072 Was being from a wealthy and independent family a helpful thing for Jeff as he is trying to succeed? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181567367 2017-08-18 04:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181567367 Jeff definitely benefitted from being from a wealthy family as he could afford himself a good education in a collage that most other people couldn't even dream of. They really supported his independent views and ideas instead of being alarmed atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181567762 2017-08-18 04:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181567762 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181568006 2017-08-18 04:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181568006 How did his education, jobs and experience help him start and expand his business? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181568649 2017-08-18 04:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181568649 When he was in college he decided in his sophomore to study electrical engineering instead of physics. After graduating with with a perfect gpa he started to work on similar fields. These jobs and his experience in the jobs helped shape the foundation of Amazon. His management skills helped him manage an ambitious and big company Amazon. One of the most useful skill needed to run online retailing is to manage everything with a computer system, which he also learned from his job.  atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181568907 2017-08-18 04:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181568907 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181569403 2017-08-18 04:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181569403 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181569484 2017-08-18 04:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181569484 Was the support of his family benefactor to his success? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571064 2017-08-18 05:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571064 Jeff had a wealthy background and his parents really supported him. They invested $300,000 in Jeff's idea without even asking a question. At this time period there weren't many wealthy families who could support you especially with such big investment as jeff's parents. atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571274 2017-08-18 05:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571274 Did he have perfect opportunities? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571317 2017-08-18 05:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571317 He started Amazon at a time when there weren't many books available in the books stores due to storage issue. None of the book sellers could keep or distribute a catalog of a huge amount of books to promote their service. He realized the books could be easily distributed through a small price. The time period he started his business greatly benefited his success as an online retailer as he could keep track and distribute his book collection through emails and other medias that didn't cost as much as printing out a catalog of all the books. atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571360 2017-08-18 05:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181571360 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181704384 2017-08-18 22:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181704384 QUESTIONS!!! atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705614 2017-08-18 23:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705614 WE atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705651 2017-08-18 23:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705651 GOT atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705662 2017-08-18 23:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705662 Ourself atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705668 2017-08-18 23:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705668 An atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705672 2017-08-18 23:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181705672 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706337 2017-08-18 23:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706337 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706453 2017-08-19 00:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706453 atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706587 2017-08-19 00:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706587 Works Cited atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706712
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]]> 2017-08-19 00:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181706712 Was his birth year a contributor to his success and did it give him an advantage? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181778983 2017-08-20 22:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181778983 Did his heritage give him an edge over others? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181779509 2017-08-20 23:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181779509 Did he practice 10,000 hours? atikul10152002 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181779786 2017-08-20 23:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/181779786 s785000 https://padlet.com/atikul10152002/f41nbz62xf19/wish/184266480         1.       Yes he was born in a time frame where he would be most likely to be successful as an younger entrepanuer. 20 To 34 years old.


http://business.time.com/2013/03/14/ask-the-expert-the-best-age-for-a-start-up-founder/
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