Success will be when I can have a real swimming pool instead of the fifty-dollar one I buy at Kmart every year. But I don't want to get robbed of any authenticity to try and make money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At one point my dad called me and said, 'You have always been a great salesman. I think it's time you come home and sell swimming pools.'
Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.
But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
I have not been a success, and probably never will be.
We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.
If you can measure success in this business based on happiness alone I feel like I've hit the lottery.
It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
Betting all your funds on the belief that you know what consumers want and are willing to pay for is like jumping into a river to test its depth - you'll need a lot of luck to stay afloat. To have a truly successful product launch, the conversations with your customers must start long before you write your first line of code.
Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers.
I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.