Amazon.com
Get Big Fast
by Robert Spector · first published 2000
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In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce."Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best-selling author, gives us this up-to-date, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes story of the company's creation and rise, its tumultuous present, and its uncertain future.
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I read this book http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Get-Fast-Robert-Spector/dp/... back soon after it came out after finding it randomly in my school library and remember thinking it was good. Its a little old now though.
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