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Jan 17, 2024 20 min

The First Amazon Shareholder Letter: Summarized & Analyzed

from Founder's Journal Hosted by Morning Brew

Episode 95: Today, I’m sharing one of the greatest pieces of business writing living on the internet today. It’s been hiding in plain sight since 1997 yet the fact every entrepreneur hasn’t read it is criminal. I’m talking about the very first Amazon shareholder letter written by Jeff Bezos the year that the company went public. It’s a 4 page, 1600-word letter, but it punches way above its word count. On this episode I’m going to summarize the letter for you & share a number of timeless business lessons that are as valuable today as they were in 1997. 1997 Shareholder Letter: https://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/97/97664/reports/Shareholderletter97.pdf How to Calculate Product-Market Fit: https://foundersjournalpod.morningbrew.com/measuring-product-market-fit/ Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! [email protected] #FoundersJournal #Startups #Entrepreneur Listen to Founder’s Journal here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_W Watch Founder’s Journal here: https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersJournal/ Subscribe to Morning Brew! Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Follow Alex! Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista)

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