Jeff Bezos Explains Why Amazon Started with Books (1997)

Chuck Severance · Interview · 6 min · 2013 · YouTube title: Jeff Bezos 1997 Interview

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HN people share it as a precise, early statement of Amazon's pitch, useful for startup idea reasoning.

What it covers

A 1997 interview with Jeff Bezos taped at a Special Libraries conference, where he explains why Amazon started with books and why the web made it possible. He calls it the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce.