Amazon.com has just announced the acquisition of Zappos.com for a staggering purchase price of over $900,000,000 (yes, 900 million dollars). Interesting, considering that Amazon is only 15 yrs old, and Zappos is only 10 yrs old.What’s even more fascinating is that the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, released a video today that describes the most […]
Yea thats a great video… I watched it yesterday when I saw the story come across tech crunch…
Both are amazing companies.
I put in a bid of $600,000,000 to buy Zappos.com, Amazon beat me out…Personally I dont think its worth a penny over $750,000,000. But hey, what do I know.
I like his list. It made me stop and think about my company and being obsessive over customers. Thanks Kevin!
Pleasure!
Its one of those simple truths that we need to avoid overcomplicating.
How can I obsess over my customers more? Billion dollar question.
Oh man, that was a close one. I offered my truck and my collection of cufflinks, and didn’t even get a call back.
Rude.
Maybe you should have thrown in your baseball card collection to sweeten the deal!
