[HN Gopher] Jeff Bezos lessons on building business value
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       Jeff Bezos lessons on building business value
        
       Author : lockedinspace
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2023-12-20 19:57 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | htmlisntoutdate wrote:
       | >As a company/team, you need to seek for ways/mechanisms that
       | enable your employees/folks to tell the truth.
       | 
       | In my old company, we used to have team-seeking meets every week,
       | which consisted in a stand-up 10 mins per employee. It was quite
       | handy cause we learned to tell the truth in benefit of everyone
       | there.
        
         | flashgordon wrote:
         | Damn looks like you have some good lessons on how to do it
         | without (eventual) repurcussions?
        
       | TheAceOfHearts wrote:
       | Some of my notes on the same Lex interview:
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       | > Identify and recognize the difference between one-way doors
       | (reversing decisions here is difficult and expensive) or two-way
       | doors (you can make a choice and if it turns out to be wrong you
       | can go back and pick a different door with low risk). When
       | dealing with two-way doors it's fine and desirable to iterate
       | quickly.
       | 
       | > When a decision has to be made, "disagree but commit". After a
       | discussion takes place, even if you disagree with some aspect,
       | you eventually commit to supporting whatever plan has been made.
       | 
       | > Another key take away was that previous generations need to set
       | up the infrastructure that makes it possible for the next
       | generation to innovate. Jeff talks about how Amazon wouldn't have
       | been possible without existing mailing infrastructure and the
       | Internet. He says that he's hoping that his rocket company can
       | help set up the infrastructure necessary for humanity to continue
       | growing and expanding in space.
        
       | AtlasBarfed wrote:
       | 1) hate humanity. If you can't physically abuse them find as many
       | other ways to do it mentally
       | 
       | 2) talk about free enterprise and competition but establish
       | monopolies.
       | 
       | 3) say you value the customer but only do it if it leads to
       | profit or control.
        
       | csbartus wrote:
       | Stop bringing up Jeff Bezos / Amazon / Microsoft / etc.
       | 
       | A few weeks ago I've ordered some books from Amazon USA to
       | Romania / EU. They said it will be delivered on 11th of Dec.
       | 
       | At 11th of Dec I've received an email my package is in delay due
       | to bad weather. It will arrive on 18th, or I'll get a refund.
       | 
       | At 18th I've received an email from Amazon, that in order to get
       | my package I need to "share some personal details" for a 3rd
       | party (Aramex). No refunds in the email. I did it, naively, and
       | no answer since that.
       | 
       | Is this a business value?
       | 
       | (Edited: added no refunds)
        
         | lockedinspace wrote:
         | Seems like your case is out of what Amazon preaches. Of course
         | not everything is perfect, I am just listing some interesting
         | points.
        
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