1998 California Management Naming 
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 27, 2022
And without missing a beat, he said Jeff Bezos, because Jay Bezos was not only a visionary, but he was also creative and invented so many mechanisms that startups and managers and leaders use today. No name for a company transforms the idea into one of the world's most admired brands. So plus John, look, we're storytellers.
Growthink Blog
APRIL 25, 2010
After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Inktomi and GoTo to name just a few. Alta Vista. Webcrawler.
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Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Last night, I read this fantastic article in Fortune Magazine about one of my business heroes - Jeff Bezos - who was named this year's Fortune's Businessman of the Year. In 1998 when Larry Page’s and Sergey Brin’s Google offices were a Menlo Park, California garage, Bezos invested $250,000 of personal funds into the fledgling startup.
Growthink Blog
APRIL 27, 2010
After my column a few months ago regarding Jeff Bezos' now famous (and incredibly profitable) investment into Google in 1998, I was deluged with comments and opinions on this question - was his investment luck or was it foresight? Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Inktomi and GoTo to name just a few. Alta Vista. Webcrawler.
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
If you work your way down the Forbes 400 making an x next to the name of each person with an MBA, youll learn something importantabout business school. The middle managers we talked to at catalog companies saw the Web not as an opportunity, but assomething that meant more work for them. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it.
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