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On July 16, 1995, Amazon officially opens for business as an online bookseller. Within a month, the fledgling retailer had shipped books to all 50 U.S. states and to 45 countries. Founder Jeff Bezos’s motto was “get big fast,” and Seattle-based Amazon eventually morphed into an e-commerce colossus, selling everything from groceries to furniture to live ladybugs, and helping to revolutionize the way people shop.
Bezos earned an undergraduate degree in computer science and electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1986 then worked in the financial services industry in New York City. In 1994, after realizing the commercial potential of the Internet and determining that books might sell well online, he moved to Washington state and founded Amazon.
On July 16, 1995, Amazon officially opens for business as an online bookseller. Within a month, the fledgling retailer had shipped books to all 50 U.S. states and to 45 countries. Founder Jeff Bezos’s motto was “get big fast,” and Seattle-based Amazon eventually morphed into an e-commerce colossus, selling everything from groceries to furniture to live ladybugs, and helping to revolutionize the way people shop.
Bezos earned an undergraduate degree in computer science and electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1986 then worked in the financial services industry in New York City. In 1994, after realizing the commercial potential of the Internet and determining that books might sell well online, he moved to Washington state and founded Amazon.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown Timing is everything, right place, right time, and right idea. It all pulled together.
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I can still remember debating on ordering a book from them right after they started up. Ultimately we did and it's been an ever increasing experience since then.
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Amazon is an amazing thing, I just wish they'd pay taxes, I think it was last year they made 780 Billion in profits and paid Zero in taxes.
Tax laws need to change, all businesses in the US should have to pay at minimum 1 percent of profit with no exclusions.
Tax laws need to change, all businesses in the US should have to pay at minimum 1 percent of profit with no exclusions.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Guess that's why I'll never become a billionaire, I actually pay taxes. :-))
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