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“The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'” — Jeff Bezos

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“My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.” — Jeff Bezos

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“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.” — Jeff Bezos

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“I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, 'OK, I'm looking back on my life. I want to minimize the number of regrets I have.'” — Jeff Bezos

Context:On why he started Amazon

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“In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world, that inverts.” — Jeff Bezos

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“We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.” — Jeff Bezos

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“Business can learn about new conditions the same way a gene pool does. I'm not claiming companies can get smarter, just that dumb ones will die.” — Paul Graham

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“Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design - designing too early what a program should do.” — Paul Graham

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“My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.” — Elon Musk

Source:Elon Musk Biography. p 73.

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“Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and keep questioning yourself.” — Elon Musk

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