MBA1008 Must Read: The Everything Store by Brad Stone

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Marketing

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Ever read a book that changes your whole outlook?

That’s the case with our latest Must Read Book Review, this time the true story of the world’s richest man and his landscape-changing company. The Everything Store by Brad Stone tells that tale of Amazon. It’s less a book about money, and more about drive, will, and unstoppable commitment.

This is a long read, but worth every second — including the time you spend re-reading sections just to process the incredible insights. It’s chock full of “Holy sh*t” moments, pieces of wisdom that completely challenge your view of business and commerce. This book is a mind-shifter, from cover to cover.

Today, we discuss some of the many takeaways of this immensely valuable book, from the value of implementation over ideas to the rewards of uncompromisingly good customer service. Friends, this one is a keeper. Click Play!

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0:00.0	Heyo! Welcome to the $100 MBA Show Business Insights and Strategies you can't help but implement
0:15.6	with our daily 10 minute business lessons for the real world. I'm your
0:19.7	host, your coach, your teacher, Omar is at home.
0:22.6	I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete business training and community
0:27.2	online over at 100MBA.net.
0:31.1	And today's episode is a must read episode.
0:34.0	In our must read episodes, I share with you a book that has greatly influenced me as an entrepreneur.
0:39.0	I share with you its insight to takeaways what I've learned from it and why you should read it to.
0:43.8	And today's must read is The Everything Store by Brad Stone.
0:47.6	The Everything Store is the best biographical documentation of the success of Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos.
0:55.0	In fact, when Bratstone approached Jeff Bezos about doing this book
1:01.0	by allowing him to basically hang around him in Amazon to learn more about
1:06.4	their story. Jeff was very resistant because he's so ambitious. He's like, wow, I'm just getting started.
1:13.7	I think it's too early for a biography type of book.
1:17.6	Nevertheless, we all know Jeff Bezos and Amazon
1:21.0	has had incredible success.
1:23.6	Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world and its founder Jeff Bezos,
1:27.4	his net worth is 132 billion dollars.
1:32.2	His net worth is one of the fastest growing this past year it
1:35.5	jumped 40 billion alone. This book is really not about money it's about the story
1:40.4	of Amazon and the will and drive of this guy and Jeff Bezos.
1:46.0	I have so many takeaways, so many insights,
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