注 釋
前言
1. Jeff Bezos, keynote address at Tepper School of Business graduation, Carnegie Mellon University, May 18, 2008.
第一部分
第一章：數量分析所
1. Jeff Bezos, speech at Lake Forest College, February 26, 1998.
2. Mark Leibovich, The New Imperialists (New York: Prentice Hall, 2002), 84.
3. Rebecca Johnson, “MacKenzie Bezos: Writer, Mother of Four, and High-Profile Wife,” Vogue, February 20, 2013.
4. 令人不解的是，貝佐斯在1993年11月的《投資商文摘》（Investment Dealers’ Digest）中曾如此描述第三方市場的機遇： “我們想讓自己的產品與眾不同。我們認為人們有想要停止購物的欲望。”
5. Michael Peltz, “The Power of Six,” Institutional Investor (March 2009)。“戴維 蕭認為自己的公司‘是一間實驗室，碰巧做了投資的工作；而不是一家從事於金融卻碰巧雇用了一批人研究數學等式的公司。’”
6. Leibovich, The New Imperialists, 85.
7. Peter de Jonge, “Riding the Perilous Waters of Amazon.com,” New York Times Magazine, March 14, 1999.
8. John Quarterman, Matrix News.
9. Jeff Bezos interview, Academy of Achievement, May 4, 2001.
10. Jeff Bezos, speech at Lake Forest College, February 26, 1998.
11. Jeff Bezos, speech to Commonwealth Club of California, July 27, 1998.
12. Jeff Bezos, speech to the American Association of Publishers, March 18, 1999.
第二章 貝佐斯的書
1. Robert Spector, Amazon.com: Get Big Fast (New York: HarperCollins, 2000). Spector’s book offers a comprehensive account of Amazon’s early years.
2. Jeff Bezos, speech to the American Association of Publishers, March 18, 1999.
3. David Sheff, “The Playboy Interview: Jeff Bezos,” Playboy, February 1, 2000.
4. Ibid.
5. Adi Ignatius, “Jeff Bezos on Leading for the Long-Term at Amazon,” HBR IdeaCast (blog), Harvard Business Review, January 3, 2013, http://blogs.hbr.org/ ideacast/2013/01/jeff-bezos-on-leading-for-the.html.
6. Jeff Bezos, speech to the American Association of Publishers, March 18, 1999.
7. Jeff Bezos, speech at Lake Forest College, February 26, 1998.
8. Ibid.
9. Amazon.com Inc. S-1, filed March 24, 1997.
10. Mukul Pandya and Robbie Shell, eds., “Lasting Leadership: Lessons from the 25 Most Influential Business People of Our Times,” Knowledge@Wharton, October 20, 2004, http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm articleid=1054.
11. Ibid.
12. James Marcus, Amazonia (New York: New Press, 2004).
13. Jeff Bezos, speech to Commonwealth Club of California, July 27, 1998.
14. Cynthia Mayer, “Investing It; Does Amazon = 2 Barnes & Nobles ” New York Times, July 19, 1998.
15. Jeff Bezos, interview by Charlie Rose, Charlie Rose, PBS, July 28, 2010.
16. Justin Hibbard, “Wal-Mart v. Amazon.com: The Inside Story,” InformationWeek, February 22, 1999.
17. Jeff Bezos interview, Academy of Achievement, May 4, 2001.
第三章 狂熱夢想
1. 據維基百科所述，其中一種解釋為：“一個圓形的井蓋不會從圓形的井口掉進去，但如果把一個方形的井蓋斜放在井口則可能會掉進去。”
2. Ron Suskind, “Amazon.com Debuts the Mother of All Bestseller Lists,” Washington Post, August 26, 1998.
3. Ibid.
4. Jeff Bezos, speech to Commonwealth Club of California, July 27, 1998.
5. Jeff Bezos, speech to the American Association of Publishers, March 18, 1999.
6. Steven Levy, In the Plex (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2011), 34.
7. Jacqueline Doherty, “Amazon.bomb,” Barron’s, May 31, 1999.
8. George Anders, Nikhil Deogun, and Joann S. Lublin, “Joseph Galli Will Join Amazon, Reversing Plan to Take Pepsi Job,” Wall Street Journal, June 25, 1999.
9. Joshua Cooper Ramo, “Jeff Bezos: King of the Internet,” Time, December 27, 1999.
10. Stefanie Olsen, “FTC Fines E-Tailers $1.5 Million for Shipping Delays,” CNET, July 26, 2000.
11. Michael Moe, “Tech Startup Secrets of Bill Campbell, Coach of Silicon Valley,”Forbes, July 27, 2011.
第四章 價值一百萬美元的錯誤
1. Jeremy Kahn, “The Giant Killer,” Fortune, June 11, 2001.
2. Evelyn Nussenbaum, “Analyst Finally Tells Truth about Dot-Coms,” New York Post, June 27, 2000.
3. Mark Leibovich, “Child Prodigy, Online Pioneer,” Washington Post, September 3, 2000.
4. Ibid.
5. Steven Levy, “Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think,”Wired, November 13, 2011.
6. “Amazon.com Auctions Helps Online Sellers Become Effective Marketers,” PR Newswire, August 18, 1999.
7. Scott Hillis, “Authors Protest Amazon’s Practices, Used-Book Feature Comes under Fire,” Reuters, December 28, 2000.
8. Jennifer Waters, “Amazon Faces ‘Creditor Squeeze,’ ” CBS MarketWatch, February 6, 2001.
9. Gretchen Morgenson, “S.E.C. Is Said to Investigate Amazon Chief,” New York Times, March 9, 2001.