Jeff Bezos - March 1998, earliest long speech

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  • @elperroreggae
    @elperroreggae 4 роки тому +163

    The audio is surprisingly good for the video's quality.

    • @BunnyMuffins
      @BunnyMuffins 4 роки тому +25

      the SM58 been used since the 60s I think. Many youtubers/streamers/singers still buy the SM58 for $100 in 2020. Crazy to think how far video has come, but audio only got a few new upgrades

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 4 роки тому +2

      @@BunnyMuffins who the fuck knows after all

    • @heythereitsajay2
      @heythereitsajay2 4 роки тому +1

      @@BunnyMuffins Great info.

    • @richiekock8835
      @richiekock8835 4 роки тому +5

      dude it was 1998, not 1898

    • @topdog5252
      @topdog5252 3 роки тому

      @@BunnyMuffins rlly. That’s pretty wild

  • @Etwnby5211
    @Etwnby5211 4 роки тому +56

    Amazing performance-articulate, charismatic, detail-oriented, and farsighted.

  • @amorybristol2568
    @amorybristol2568 4 роки тому +165

    This man had a strong strategy from the get go, and he stuck to it. Much respect!

    • @jayjawad8665
      @jayjawad8665 4 роки тому +11

      He also had plenty of loyal venture capital money that got his back throughout the ups and downs....But, above all, he took a chance and it paid off....

    • @Anthony-sn9kl
      @Anthony-sn9kl 3 роки тому

      Indeed

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 3 роки тому

      He didn't stick to his original strategy; he brought in MBAs and started selling everything.

    • @rosh70
      @rosh70 2 роки тому +1

      Absolutely. "stuck with it" is a key phrase - he's not just smart, he's wise and thinks long-term.

    • @maribethcondrillon4641
      @maribethcondrillon4641 Місяць тому

      Hello my beloved boss I'm here with you ❤

  • @0ca0s000100err0r0000
    @0ca0s000100err0r0000 4 роки тому +61

    I have the feeling that this video will be studied in history class and books. Awesome document.

  • @symontemplar1418
    @symontemplar1418 4 роки тому +27

    His searing intellect and mirthful enthusiasm is on full display for all to see.

  • @ephraimmulilo7098
    @ephraimmulilo7098 4 роки тому +88

    Looking back it's easy to understand why Amazon is where it is today. Good on ya Jeff!

  • @fordtruck7896
    @fordtruck7896 2 роки тому +11

    Having seen several Bezos talks already, I'm amazed at how much new & interesting info is in this speech!! Great video!

  • @temisanakapa4157
    @temisanakapa4157 4 роки тому +12

    I am sure the organizers of this event would be proud they invited jeff for this talk looking back at it now. such a visionary

  • @orlandofranconovesterasjr.5548
    @orlandofranconovesterasjr.5548 4 роки тому +12

    All the people asking questions sounds like they had a whole week preparing their questions, so clear and confident haha

  • @CaptainPlanet007
    @CaptainPlanet007 4 роки тому +28

    Wow!! Looking back hindsight, Bezos saw the future for what it is today. He’s a true visionary.

  • @lorenzo.fiorini
    @lorenzo.fiorini 4 роки тому +73

    Talking about using neural networks for recommendation algorithms in 1998. 😌

    • @adamlee9347
      @adamlee9347 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah that was interesting

    • @adamlee9347
      @adamlee9347 4 роки тому +1

      @@depression_isnt_real me neither

    • @HazemElsawy
      @HazemElsawy 4 роки тому

      It’s insane how focused this guy was and still

    • @laxmikantapoudel5049
      @laxmikantapoudel5049 4 роки тому

      @@depression_isnt_real Would you mind telling your experience so that it can help me too.

    • @rokker333
      @rokker333 10 місяців тому +1

      Old comment, but still: Neural Networks were a big exciting thing in the 1990s. But not yet very refined and computational power was the big limitation.

  • @MarketStoic
    @MarketStoic Рік тому +2

    These old videos are important to watch again, because they enlighten you about what to look for in a founder. There will continue to be many startups and businesses being setup in the near future. And we want to be able to identify the ones with the most potential for future success; starting with how passionate and dedicated their founders are

  • @HazemElsawy
    @HazemElsawy 4 роки тому +10

    I thought this was 2018 or something speech, until I looked at the address and saw 1998, he was so far ahead of his competition no wonder he’s the richest now

  • @gytisatmanavicius689
    @gytisatmanavicius689 4 роки тому +5

    Thanks for the re-upload those tend to get lost or overshadowed by the sheer amount of content available nowadays.

    • @symontemplar1418
      @symontemplar1418 4 роки тому +1

      There is s lot of garbage out their as it relates to content. This upload however is pure gold.

  • @SVTX.AP0L0_
    @SVTX.AP0L0_ 3 роки тому +11

    This is exactly the kind of content I was looking for... J.Bezos on his own words, out of kinda 'romantic' stories.
    Many truths spoken, which we take for a granted reality in the present; it must have been exciting having been on that room at that moment.
    Thanks for sharing this!😉👍👍

  • @omkar0lb7
    @omkar0lb7 4 роки тому +14

    Just about to sleep when i discovered this gem, completed it!
    Sleep can wait

  • @Stringfreak
    @Stringfreak 3 роки тому +9

    That man surely seems to know what he is doing. I hope he becomes a millionaire someday.

  • @valentinec1245
    @valentinec1245 4 роки тому +19

    Very interesting video, Jeff is a great visionary and pioneer, Thanks for sharing

  • @Eetelpiii
    @Eetelpiii 4 роки тому +16

    "It's my wife speaking up, saving me, once again!" you deserve your billions McKenzie! F what everybody says!!!!

  • @Neonb88
    @Neonb88 3 роки тому +2

    Amazon's catalogue would have been the size of 40 NYC phone books in 1998! Wow, not gonna forget that soon.
    That's like buying the Encyclopedia Brittannica and paging through it rather than driving to the nearest bookstore

  • @eduard5524
    @eduard5524 Рік тому

    Great speech, demonstrates what a skilled strategic businessman looks like.

  • @jessicamaden707
    @jessicamaden707 3 роки тому +4

    ❤💚 Everything Jeff puts out is GOLD. Even in its youth Amazon knew the strength of spiritual growth.
    Thank you Jeff for teaching the world so much. 💚❤

  • @badboysandhu
    @badboysandhu 4 роки тому +8

    Seems like a nice guy, hope it worked out for him

  • @Empresskimz
    @Empresskimz 6 місяців тому

    Serve. Be Humble. Love this!

  • @jackappan1990
    @jackappan1990 4 роки тому +21

    you may think amazon is a giant bully killing other shops and merchants, but this guy has a heart of gold.

    • @akashyadav1975
      @akashyadav1975 4 роки тому

      Not actually

    • @jasdeepsingh6568
      @jasdeepsingh6568 4 роки тому +1

      Ya... Not really. Bezos is a genius but he's also a greedy capitalist.

    • @symontemplar1418
      @symontemplar1418 4 роки тому +3

      @@jasdeepsingh6568 Capitalism. It's the American way :)

    • @butt.
      @butt. 4 роки тому +3

      @@jasdeepsingh6568 Ah yes, another attack at producers and capitalists, with no solution or alternative other than living in a sense of moral superiority while bathing in ignorance for how the labor markets work.

    • @jgrullon32
      @jgrullon32 4 роки тому

      Hes ahead of competition. You either survive or don't survive. Dont have to pay taxes. Customer service. Hire people in different industries.

  • @weinvestedtv
    @weinvestedtv 4 роки тому +3

    Great video 🔥

  • @MrWarmhole
    @MrWarmhole 2 роки тому +6

    It's crazy that he talks about the technology at the time as somebody from today would now.

  • @StockDude
    @StockDude 2 місяці тому

    I wish I had watched all of his interviews before the stock split the first time. That was 1998 I think. A measly $8000 investment then, at $32 per share, pre split, is now worth almost $13 million! Jeff Bezos is brilliant.

  • @kmowl1994
    @kmowl1994 2 роки тому +1

    This is a gem

  • @amalekilawlor2922
    @amalekilawlor2922 Рік тому +1

    “People think neural networks will be valuable in this space”, little did he know. 😂

  • @klesstwo
    @klesstwo 3 роки тому +5

    He called the internet "Primitive Infant"Technology in 1998. It's almost as if he had a 30 year vision of his company and the internet and he saw how "shitty" the internet is from 1998.

  • @Timetraveler532
    @Timetraveler532 4 роки тому +9

    This guy is on the frontier of the internet and has no idea of its potential but excited to take full advantage and fast forward to today drops his wife and same day gets with his side chick . Dont underestimate this tech geek.

    • @raymondhansen4482
      @raymondhansen4482 4 роки тому +1

      He was very aware of the potential of the internet. As he mentions in this speech, the use of the internet was growing 2300% yoy and he as a TED talk (link provided) where he compares early stages of other industries and compares it to the internet.
      ua-cam.com/video/vMKNUylmanQ/v-deo.html
      Tech Geek and Visionary !

  • @mooallan5611
    @mooallan5611 4 роки тому +8

    I liked the story about money in floppy desk at min.12

    • @jaytee7786
      @jaytee7786 4 роки тому

      Very interesting story🤣🤣

    • @tudormicu1197
      @tudormicu1197 4 роки тому

      As a romanian, I can confirm that:))

  • @sethother8012
    @sethother8012 2 роки тому +1

    That opening speech guy with the Boston accent reminds me of the lawyer from the Simpsons. Not lionel hutz, the other guy, with the glasses who always defends Mr Burns.

  • @andyvaldez212
    @andyvaldez212 2 роки тому +2

    49:44 greatest understatement of the century ....

  • @joejoe-ln1wq
    @joejoe-ln1wq 4 роки тому +2

    This video is going to get millions of views

  • @FbjfjifHdgr
    @FbjfjifHdgr 8 місяців тому +1

    ชอบเจฟฟ์ เบซอส จากเลดี้รัชณา อสุรินทร์❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊ที่บ้านโคกศรี ประเทศไทย อำเภอหนองแสงจังหวัดอุดรธานี❤❤❤🎉🎉😊😊

  • @Neonb88
    @Neonb88 3 роки тому +5

    Jeff starts at 4:32

  • @goo4450
    @goo4450 4 роки тому +10

    the good ole' days when amazon associates got 15%

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 4 роки тому

      15% of what

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 4 роки тому

      vendors commission

    • @WheelsakaSpeedy
      @WheelsakaSpeedy 4 роки тому +2

      All the people asking questions sounds like they had a whole week preparing their questions, so clear and confident haha

  • @CaptainPlanet007
    @CaptainPlanet007 4 роки тому +12

    These people should of invested in Amazon stock after this speech, had they done so, many of them would of been millionaires.

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 4 роки тому +5

      should HAVE

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 4 роки тому +2

      how the fuck can anyone make that "mistake"

    • @CaptainPlanet007
      @CaptainPlanet007 4 роки тому +2

      @@alainportant6412 You failed.

    • @andrewgarcia3136
      @andrewgarcia3136 4 роки тому

      they would also be scum for participating in the rise of one of the most notorious robber barons of all time. i'm a trader but amazon is a hard pass for me. don't need it, don't want it.

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 4 роки тому +7

      ​@@andrewgarcia3136 If you are a trader you are a piece of shit. You are the worse of the worse, you destroy value instead of creating it.
      Bezos created the best online marketplace and the best most reliable cloud computing service mankind has ever known, he did all of it within 25 years, and now he's building the space market of tomorrow.
      What did you do for society in 25 years you nobody piece of shit.

  • @kimchi_taco
    @kimchi_taco 3 роки тому +2

    51:00 collaborative filter and neural net in 1998 wow

  • @FbjfjifHdgr
    @FbjfjifHdgr 8 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊รักเจฟฟ์ เบโซส๋ นี่คือความใใฝ่ฝันไอดอนเลยหล่อมากแข็งแรงดูดีอยู่เลย❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊

  • @David_Lloyd-Jones
    @David_Lloyd-Jones 4 роки тому +4

    A.B. Dick: Every highschool craziness I ever did, 1957 to 1961, was made possible by their machines!
    (Actually not quite: I may have done one or two things in methyl blue off a sheet of gelatin -- so I knew enough to be impressed by the Dick machines. Thank you, then-kyew, honestly, Thank You, A.B. Dick corporation!)
    1998 is roughly about when I sent my fifth Amazon purchase back for a refund -- but told them on the phone that the first four had been so good I really wanted them to succeed.

  • @starlord872
    @starlord872 2 роки тому +1

    I wonder how he did advertisement at the time?

  • @bobby-hg9hs
    @bobby-hg9hs Рік тому

    The early day's of BEZOS 💞💝💞

  • @FbjfjifHdgr
    @FbjfjifHdgr 8 місяців тому +1

    เชียร์เจฟฟ์ เบฌฝโซส์ เลดี้สาวอุดรธานี บ้านโคกศร เชียร์ คุณ❤❤❤😊😊😊🎉🎉

  • @prula
    @prula 4 роки тому +2

    Epic Truth Bombs!

  • @FranzVonGaart
    @FranzVonGaart 2 роки тому +1

    26:20 he talks about decision-making frameworks - "regret minimization framework".

  • @krishnarajbastola50
    @krishnarajbastola50 Рік тому +1

    I hope 🤞🥺

  • @jayashreechakravarthy4949
    @jayashreechakravarthy4949 Рік тому

    Jeff gets access to my humorometer.

  • @GauravSingh-js3vm
    @GauravSingh-js3vm 4 роки тому +7

    Google uncle was yet to be born at the time of this speech..😄😅

  • @actuallysatyambhartee
    @actuallysatyambhartee Рік тому

    Fun shopping, there was a particular day in china when there is maximum clothes sale, that was perfect example of fun shopping without need

  • @SaugaSen
    @SaugaSen 3 роки тому

    Buying up all the original books on Lycans 👀👁

  • @pranjayarora8115
    @pranjayarora8115 Рік тому

    VIDEO AD ON UA-cam APP NO AD ON UA-cam WEBSITE

  • @FbjfjifHdgr
    @FbjfjifHdgr 8 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤รักเจฟฟ์😊😊😊😊

  • @shivangraisurana9955
    @shivangraisurana9955 4 роки тому +1

    when it just sold books... im sure no one took him as seriously then

  • @themovement1092
    @themovement1092 Рік тому

    Right on target 🎯 Jeff ♥️

  • @nzshareman
    @nzshareman 4 роки тому +2

    He didn't mention longitude what a plonka !!!

  • @Math_kru_earng
    @Math_kru_earng 8 місяців тому

    what stage of Amazon at that time?

  • @EuClid-v5e
    @EuClid-v5e Місяць тому +1

    Euclides. 🙂👍👍👍💯🇺🇲🦅. Hello. You. 🙂👍💯

  • @eric_9565
    @eric_9565 4 роки тому +4

    Talking about AI in 98

    • @SoundsSilver
      @SoundsSilver 3 роки тому

      AI has been a fad several times

  • @actuallysatyambhartee
    @actuallysatyambhartee Рік тому

    Fun shopping, binge shopping, and Amazon started by selling convience to book readers

  • @nytechbro
    @nytechbro 4 роки тому +3

    @22:00 he predicted hubspot

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    What are you doing

  • @timothycook4782
    @timothycook4782 4 роки тому +1

    "Still, Yahoo of course, is the most trafficked site"

  • @sethother8012
    @sethother8012 2 роки тому

    At 16:10 he says Amazon generates 300, 000 in revenue annually. lol He’s almost proud too. He doesn’t even know yet.

  • @alainportant6412
    @alainportant6412 4 роки тому +7

    Beff Jezos 8:37

  • @actuallysatyambhartee
    @actuallysatyambhartee Рік тому

    So it's an ancient method of operating

  • @fantasypolice
    @fantasypolice 2 роки тому

    57:42 - "Save for later" 🛒

  • @Wahyu-sz3sh
    @Wahyu-sz3sh 4 роки тому +2

    This is cool

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    How are to dat

  • @lifeisabadjoke5750
    @lifeisabadjoke5750 Рік тому

    Wow what a visionary!

  • @moonboy5851
    @moonboy5851 4 роки тому +6

    Ahead of his time.

  • @ammbr
    @ammbr 4 роки тому +12

    we call that a visionary. damn... nowadays its AI that will be the next big thing, i'm 100% sure... 10years from now, whoever build something around AI ideas It would be the next huge hit.

  • @ВеселинТомов-ф4е

    кажете името на българина

  • @Fenghanlinthebest
    @Fenghanlinthebest 4 роки тому +2

    back when his hair existed

  • @marioarango1822
    @marioarango1822 6 місяців тому

    The dropshipping god

  • @trapslime16
    @trapslime16 2 роки тому

    Before Google and facebook

  • @chenlim2165
    @chenlim2165 9 місяців тому +1

    LOL, AI was hot even in 1998. 21:00

  • @user-oj4iz9gb9m
    @user-oj4iz9gb9m Рік тому +1

    😂$2 MIL by his parents in 1996 (public library records) prove that making even 10 tech startups with it, could've been possible, out of which easily 3 could've been listed on nyse. STOP #hero #worshipping

    • @LeMonke3
      @LeMonke3 Рік тому

      Do you.. not know what venture capitalists are? Asking his parents to invest is a favor to them, it allows them to profit off the business. If it weren't for his parents, by 1996 he could have absolutely taken the existing business to some VC's and secured the same funding. Your point is moot.

    • @user-oj4iz9gb9m
      @user-oj4iz9gb9m Рік тому

      @@LeMonke3 😂BEZOS PARENTS R NOT VCs, WERE NOT VCs.

    • @LeMonke3
      @LeMonke3 Рік тому

      @@user-oj4iz9gb9m you have no idea what I'm saying, do you? I didn't say they were VCs. Of course we aren't VCs, neither is Bezos. A VC is somebody who makes it their business to invest in other businesses. I don't think you understand what that is or what we're talking about here. My point was that if his parents didn't invest 2 mil some VC would have gladly.

  • @judebubune6697
    @judebubune6697 2 місяці тому

    top guy

  • @namantainit
    @namantainit 4 роки тому +1

    Neural network in 😲

  • @tongchengli5024
    @tongchengli5024 4 роки тому +1

    Wow

  • @SheikhWaqar.ADE16-Tajs
    @SheikhWaqar.ADE16-Tajs 8 місяців тому

    Hope never sleep

  • @BigGerthQuake
    @BigGerthQuake 4 роки тому +2

    This level of vertical integration reminds me of Tesla 🤫

  • @AhsanAlam-v9s
    @AhsanAlam-v9s Рік тому

    Jeff

  • @NOAZ-Hotel-KUNGU_Kulambiro
    @NOAZ-Hotel-KUNGU_Kulambiro Рік тому

    🎉🎉

  • @Bigsupplier
    @Bigsupplier 7 місяців тому

    06:00

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    កំពុងធ្វេីអ្វីចាប់ផ្តេីមហូបបាយហេីយសុខសប្បាយទេ

  • @juhyokang2571
    @juhyokang2571 Рік тому

    Last order wait okok

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    ម៉ែមិនចូលចិត្តអ្វីដែរតាមរំខានគាត់

  • @thevishalln
    @thevishalln 7 місяців тому

    In the future, you will sell anything to the entire world and get a hot girlfriend.
    I know. you are married now.

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    សំលេងធម្មតា

  • @donutsarecool5409
    @donutsarecool5409 Рік тому

    57:15

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    ចេះអត់ខ្លាចអត់ចេះខ្លាច

  • @jayashreechakravarthy4949
    @jayashreechakravarthy4949 Рік тому

    Wipe.

  • @buzztalk4560
    @buzztalk4560 4 роки тому +1

    I thought its DONALD TRUMP 51:03 :) :)

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    មុខកាចសាហាវសំលាប់មនុស្ស

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    រូបថតថ្មីក្រៅការងារ

  • @SokVibolYim
    @SokVibolYim Місяць тому

    ទឹកមុខមាំខ្លាំង