Working Backwards
Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
by Colin Bryar
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“Enjoyed this book, worth reading! Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon | My #booksof2021 (unranked): 1 Bob Zoellick, America & the World: A History of US Diplomacy & Foreign Policy 2 @BillCarr89 and @cbryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside @Amazon Listen to my @intelligence2 podcast at: | One of the very best management books of recent times: | Two invaluable books for socialists, particularly those building organisations. I?m being serious! | Two invaluable books for socialists, particularly those building organisations. I’m being serious!”
Source →“Enjoyed this book, worth reading! Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon | My #booksof2021 (unranked): 1 Bob Zoellick, America & the World: A History of US Diplomacy & Foreign Policy 2 @BillCarr89 and @cbryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside @Amazon Listen to my @intelligence2 podcast at: | One of the very best management books of recent times: | Two invaluable books for socialists, particularly those building organisations. I?m being serious! | Two invaluable books for socialists, particularly those building organisations. I’m being serious!”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Brian Armstrong and Tyler Cowen
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Entrepreneurship, and Business.
Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two longtime, toplevel Amazon executives.Colin started at Amazon in 1998; Bill joined in 1999. In Working Backwards, these two longserving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one ...
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“Enjoyed this book, worth reading! Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon | My #booksof2021 (unranked): 1 Bob Zoellick, America & the World: A History of US Diplomacy & Foreign Policy 2 @BillCarr89 and @cbryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside @Amazon Listen to my @intelligence2 podcast at: | One of the very best management books of recent times: | Two invaluable books for socialists, particularly those building organisations. I?m being serious! | Two invaluable books for socialists, particularly those building organisations. I’m being serious!”
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