Episode Details

Amazon (Part 2): The Unfulfillment Company.

Published 3 years, 8 months ago

Description

In Part 1 of Amazon, the Unfulfillment Company, we reviewed Amazon’s rise from online bookseller to third largest company on the planet and well on its way to number one. The extreme focus on the customer is the centerpiece of founder Jeff Bezos’s philosophy and while it has increased consumerism and driven down prices on several categories of goods and services, it’s had big ripple effects in the wider economy and the labor market. Today’s episode picks up where we left off to examine the company’s earnings and acquisitions more closely and addresses how the company is one step ahead of efforts to break it up. We finish with some examples of victories and what must happen to contain Amazon’s influence before it becomes sentient and destroys us all. Or something like that.

Chapters

Part 1 Recap: 00:00:05

Intro: 00:02:17

Chapter Four: Big, Bigger, Biggest: 00:07:26

Chapter Five: It’s a matter of antitrust: 00:18:01

Chapter Six: Tiny Victories: 00:30:53

Epilogue: Bring it home, Max: 00:35:33

Post Show Musings: 00:42:49

Know Your Bills: 00:43:16

Outro: 00:57:57

Resources

Business Insider: Jeff Bezos famously embraces failure. Here are the biggest flops Amazon has overcome under his watch.