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A special interview with author Steve Anderson on his book “The Bezos Letters - 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon.”==========================================

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Meet Steve Anderson whom is a business analysis specializing in risk. He runs an agency and besides being a best selling author, is the Co-Founder at Catalyit®. Steve put his business analyst hat on and dissected Jeff Bezos's shareholder letters. He breaks it down into 14 core principles that could be a guiding light for any startup or affiliate. Actually any business. As I write this, I'm now reading his book and so far, it is excellent!

In this episode of The Burleson Box, Dustin Burleson speaks with Steve Anderson about his book The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon. Listeners will discover key principles and lessons from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's annual shareholder letters, breaking down Amazon's journey to becoming one of the world's most valuable companies. The book identifies Bezos's strategies and provides insights into Amazon's success, organized around fourteen "Growth Principles" within four broad themes:Experiment and Embrace Failure: Amazon uses a culture of experimentation and “successful failures” to foster innovation and pursue big, transformative ideas.Obsess Over Customers and Think Long-Term: Prioritizing customer needs and maintaining a long-term focus drive sustainable growth and loyalty.Simplify Complexity and Leverage Technology: Amazon aims to make processes simpler and more efficient through technology, creating time-saving solutions.Maintain a Startup Mindset and Embrace Bold Risks: Amazon's “Day 1” mentality and willingness to take significant risks keep the company agile and prepared for future opportunities.Links:Learn more about TheBezosLetters.comFollow Steve Anderson on LinkedInGet your copy of The Bezos Letters***The Burleson Box is brought to you by OrthoFi:You know orthodontics, we know how to grow your practice. Start More Smiles with OrthoFi.OrthoFi is the industry-leading solution for patient acquisition, insurance management, and patient collections. Our end-to-end software and services help practices achieve dynamic growth, balanced cash flow, and smoother operations.OrthoFi's practices experience a 2.25 times higher same-day conversion rate compared to the industry average, thanks to our expertise in same-day contracts. We take on the full burden of managing patient onboarding, collections, and insurance processing, allowing your team to focus on delivering best-in-class service.Our comprehensive 180-day collection protocol sets the gold standard for delinquency management, achieving an average net collection rate of 98%.Dr. Tara Gostovich of TG Orthodontics shared:"I feel like the cost is less than a staff member, but yet you have an entire team. So, I don't look at the cost of OrthoFi as it's too expensive. It's too expensive to not have it."Learn more today at StartMoreSmiles.com*** Go Premium: Members get early access, ad-free episodes, hand-edited transcripts, exclusive study guides, special edition books each quarter, powerpoint and keynote presentations and two tickets to Dustin Burleson's Annual Leadership Retreat.http://www.theburlesonbox.com/sign-up Stay Up to Date: Sign up for The Burleson Report, our weekly newsletter that is delivered each Sunday with timeless insight for life and private practice. Sign up here:http://www.theburlesonreport.com Follow Dustin Burleson, DDS, MBA at:http://www.burlesonseminars.com

Episode Summary: Ever wonder how Amazon became unstoppable? In this episode of Practice Growth HQ, I chat with Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters and a leading expert on business growth and risk. Steve reveals the Amazon playbook—from taking smart risks to simplifying processes and obsessing over customers. We dive into how you can apply these same strategies to grow your practice, keep patients happy, and stay ahead of the competition (without needing Bezos-level resources). If you want to learn how to thrive no matter what's happening in the market, don't miss this episode!  What you'll learn:  (03:49) How Amazon spots opportunities in every business cycle (and how you can too) (07:14) Why being willing to fail is the secret to long-term growth (10:13) The simplest way to fix patient frustrations and keep them coming back (12:45) Why small changes in your processes can have massive results (16:56) What “customer obsession” really means—and why it works every time (20:38) How Amazon's focus on speed and simplicity applies to your practice (24:25) Why removing complexity builds trust with patients and your team (27:38) The secret to staying motivated and excited about your business  Plus loads more!  Links and Resources:  Website: https://thebezosletters.com/ Book: The Bezos Letters  

Steve Anderson is an expert in strategic risk and business growth. Drawing on decades of experience in the insurance industry, he wrote The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller. With hundreds of thousands of followers, Steve has been handpicked by LinkedIn as one of the world's most influential thought leaders. For more information on Steve's best-selling book - The Bezos Letters - please visit https://www.thebezosletters.com/

The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon   Take away: Maintaining a "Day One" mentality in business encourages constant innovation, customer focus, and willingness to take calculated risks, which are crucial for long-term success and prevent a company from becoming irrelevant.   Money Learnings: From an early age, Steve started doing typical things to earn extra money, like mowing lawns. He learned that if he wanted to do something or buy something, he needed to earn the money for it himself. In high school, he developed an interest in photography and turned it into a money-making venture by taking pictures at school plays and selling them to students. This business allowed him to pay for a summer camp for a couple of years. These experiences made him learned that money is helpful and important and that you can make money through your own efforts.   Bio: Steve is the Co-Founder and CEO of Catalyit®, The Insurance Agency Technology Resource Company. Backed by 24 Big I state associations, Catalyit® helps busy insurance agency owners maximize their existing tech and discover, evaluate, select, and implement new tools they need to continue to thrive. Steve is a trusted authority on risk, technology, productivity, and invention and has over thirty-five years of experience in the insurance industry. He holds a master's degree in insurance law and is a Top Voice on LinkedIn with over 340,000 followers. Steve is the author of the international bestselling book The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon. In this very readable and practical book, he takes a unique perspective on business growth by analyzing and demystifying how Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, has grown Amazon, arguably one of the most successful companies in the world. He appeared in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Forbes, CEO Magazine, and FOX News Extra. Steve and his wife, Karen, have two married daughters, but more importantly, seven amazing young grandchildren. They live in historic Franklin, Tennessee.   Highlights from this episode: Early entrepreneurial experiences can shape future business mindsets. The biggest risk for businesses is often not taking enough risks, especially with new technologies. Successful companies find ways to pivot and reinvent themselves as markets change. It's always Day 1. Long-term thinking and willingness to experiment are crucial for sustained business growth. Customer obsession and reducing friction in purchasing processes can lead to significant success. Gratitude and persistence are key components of living an abundant life and achieving business success.   Links: thebezosletters.com https://steveanderson.com/ https://catalyit.com/   Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom!   Thanks for listening!   Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/   Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro-appointment-15-minutes   If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul   https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ rocky@richersoul.com   Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast   Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.

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Enjoy a fantastic episode with Author of "The Bezos Letters," Steve Anderson, as he speaks on his transition from the insurance industry into thought leadership, and was blessed enough to access the letters in which Jeff Bezos wrote to his shareholders and share them in a book, Below are his links, do not hesitate to reach out. Website - https://thebezosletters.com LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SteveAndersonNetwork/ ⚡️

Unlock the secrets behind Amazon's unprecedented growth with our special guest, Steve Anderson, author of the bestselling book "The Bezos Letters." Steve, an expert in analyzing business risks, shares invaluable insights from Jeff Bezos' letters to Amazon shareholders. Learn how Amazon's principles of experimentation, risk-taking, and customer obsession have fueled its meteoric rise. Steve breaks down Bezos' strategic cycles of testing, building, accelerating, and scaling, offering practical advice for businesses aspiring to achieve similar success.Explore Amazon's notable failures, like the Fire Phone, and the crucial lessons they provided, leading to triumphs such as the Echo and Alexa. Discover how Bezos' approach to decision-making—differentiating between high-stakes and routine decisions—has played a pivotal role in Amazon's growth. We delve into the importance of persistence and long-term thinking for entrepreneurial success, drawing inspiration from Bezos' visionary mindset. Tune in for a treasure trove of insights and actionable strategies from Steve Anderson's in-depth analysis of one of the world's most successful companies.Helium10   50% OFF first month OR 10% OFF LIFETIME subscription = PROMO CODE “FTM”SoStockedStart Your 30-Day Free TrialYour 1st Month Is Free For Any Plan You Choose!If You receive value from this content please SUPPORT The PodcastPaypal → CLICK HERE▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Have you read Jeff Bezos' shareholder letters to learn about Amazon's growth principles? Today's guest has done exactly that, and in this episode he'll work you through Bezos' thinking. Steve Anderson is today's guest. A writer, speaker, and futurist, Steve is an authority on risk, technology, productivity, and innovation. He's also the co-author of The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon. Join Scott and Steve as they explore: * Steve shares his expertise on Amazon growth principles and decision-making.* Taking calculated risks in business.* Amazon's success and how it's different from other companies that were once successful but are now gone.* Jeff Bezos' letters to shareholders, which provide insights into how Amazon grew and what enabled it to succeed.* Bezos' focus on long-term growth and experimentation.* Why CEOs and business owners should physically go to see customers and spend time understanding their process and pain points.* Amazon's three pillars: wide selection, low prices, and fast delivery.* Bezos's idea of making quick decisions with “70% of the information you wish you had.” * Four key growth cycles: testing, building, accelerating, and scaling.* The need for businesses to think big and be willing to take risks to grow and succeed.* Failure can lead to success: Amazon's Fire Phone flop led to Alexa's success.* The principles and strategies in Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich" book and how they apply to business today.* How Amazon's focus on growth and customer centricity led to the creation of Amazon Marketplace, a business idea that seemed crazy at first.Thanks to Steve Anderson for being on Business, Bourbon & Cigars. Connect with Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/ Get Steve's book The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, co-authored with Karen Anderson: https://thebezosletters.com/ BUSINESS, BOURBON & CIGARSBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes. * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SN2fHn * Spotify: https://spoti.fi/49EwtTo * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MePlusUltraNetwork/podcasts * Business, Bourbon & Cigars is the preeminent resource for ambitious leaders who want a backstage pass to the top. Each episode, we sit down with ultra-successful executives and industry leaders who share their insider strategies for growth and success. And of course, we may even sip on some of the finest bourbon and light up our favorite cigars while we chat.* Each week, we bring you in-depth interviews with high-level executives and industry leaders who have a proven track record and in-depth understanding of what it takes to grow a business. They'll share their no-nonsense approach, the challenges they faced on their journey to the top, and the strategies that helped them overcome obstacles and forge their own path to ultra-success.ME PLUS ULTRA * Transform your business and redefine your world with Me Plus Ultra virtual masterminds and leadership retreats: https://MePlusUltra.com * Me Plus Ultra is a place where visionary entrepreneurs come together, not just to network, but to forge lasting connections, inspire one another, and grow their businesses with confidence and purpose. With exclusive access to industry-leading knowledge, personalized growth strategies, and high-impact events, we empower you to transcend traditional business barriers. To elevate your business, join our Me Plus Ultra virtual masterminds and leadership...

In this episode of the RE Social Podcast, hosts Andrew McCormick and Vince Rodriguez are joined by Christian White, founder of Newport Social Group, to discuss his remarkable success in the real estate market brought by the relationships he made along the way. Christian discusses his diverse background and entrepreneurial journey. From his naval service to commercial real estate, Christian talks about his success in the mid-term rental market, catering to traveling professionals and pivoting to serve local individuals in need. He shares his experience starting a landscaping business, emphasizing the value of hard work, freedom, and the importance of building strong relationships. Christian also delves into his book entitled “The Fastlane to Building Relationships” as he highlights the significance of networking and how he created his own Social Ecosystem. Tune in to this episode now and don't forget to leave us a review to show your support! Key Takeaways 00:00:00 Who is Christian White 00:01:04 Mid-term Rental Space   00:07:30 Future Property Acquisition   00:10:51 Business Ideas and Testing  00:12:02 Landscape Business   00:15:36 Leveraging Network for Business Growth    00:23:23 Social Intelligence   00:27:17 Newport Social Group   00:31:00 Benefits of In-Person Interaction   00:34:53 The Value of Social Capital    00:44:47 Leading with Value in Social Events   00:48:57 Negotiating and Creating Value   00:50:32 Sales Skills and Negotiation 00:53:35 Economic Sentiment and Real Estate Market   00:58:00 Overcoming Fear of Failure and Taking Risks  01:01:34 Learning from Successful Individuals    01:06:42 Future Real Estate Plans  01:09:54 Challenges in California Housing   01:12:34 Exploring Unique Property Ventures   Resources and Links Roomies https://www.roomies.com/ Furnish Finders https://www.furnishedfinder.com/ Facebook Marketplace https://web.facebook.com/marketplace/ "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss https://fourhourworkweek.com/ Tim Ferriss Show with Noah Kagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518CG5zbh4g "The Fastlane to Building Relationships" by Christian White https://www.amazon.com/Fastlane-Building-Relationships-Curating-Ecosystem-ebook/dp/B0CKZF5P21 "The Bezos Letters" by Steve Anderson and Karen Anderson https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon/dp/1642793329   Connect with Christian https://www.instagram.com/christian.white76/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-e-white/ https://www.newport-socialgroup.com/ https://www.vp-landscaping.com/ Learn more about AnVi Invest

Send us a Text Message.In this episode of Joey Pinz Disciple Conversations, Steve Anderson shares his profound insights into Amazon's business principles and leadership strategies. As the author of "The Bezos Letters," Steve discusses the core pillars of Amazon's success: customer obsession, risk-taking, and continuous innovation. Discover how these principles can be applied to small and medium-sized businesses to drive growth and customer satisfaction. Top Highlights:Customer Obsession: Explore how Amazon's fanatical focus on customers has set them apart and driven their success.Risk and Innovation: Learn about the "two-way door" decision-making process and how embracing failure can lead to groundbreaking innovations.Leadership Principles: Delve into Amazon's leadership principles like frugality and high-velocity decision-making, and understand their impact on business operations.Join us for an engaging conversation that unpacks the wisdom of Jeff Bezos and how these lessons can be harnessed to transform your business.

On today's episode, Clay reviews Jeff Bezos' shareholder letters and shares his biggest takeaways. Jeff Bezos is an exceptional capital allocator who has delivered unprecedented returns to shareholders. Since Amazon's IPO, the stock is up 152,400%. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: How Jeff Bezos thought about building Amazon.com in the early days. Why Bezos believed that focusing on the customer is in the best interest of shareholders. Why Amazon's business model was more capital efficient than physical retail stores. Why Bezos is more terrified of his customers than his competition. Why Bezos largely ignored Amazon's volatile stock price movements. Why Bezos encouraged an ownership mindset. The three business units that created the majority of shareholder value for Amazon shareholders. Our favorite framework from Jeff Bezos. And so much more! BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members. Related Episode: TIP506: How Jeff Bezos Built Amazon | YouTube video. Follow Clay on Twitter.  Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota CI Financial Sun Life AFR The Bitcoin Way Industrious Briggs & Riley Range Rover Meyka iFlex Stretch Studios Vacasa Public Simon & Schuster USPS American Express Shopify HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

In the Marketing Boost Solutions Podcast latest episode, I had the pleasure of engaging in a fascinating conversation with my guest, Steve Anderson. We delved into the intricacies of business growth and customer engagement helping business owners understand how to leverage the exquisite tension between risk taking and business growth. I'm excited to share the insights and lessons from this episode, which I believe can be a game-changer for entrepreneurs and business leaders alike. Steve Anderson is an expert in strategic risk and business growth and a sought-after speaker and influencer. Drawing on decades of experience in the insurance industry, he wrote The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller. With hundreds of thousands of followers, Steve has been handpicked by LinkedIn as one of the world's most influential thought leaders.  From business management systems to social platforms, Steve analyzes what's happening now and explains its implications for the future. He has spoken in all 50 states, and internationally, and addressed companies like SAFECO, AAA, and Nationwide. He is on the faculty of credentialing organizations teaching thousands of professionals annually and is a writer/contributor to multiple publications. Watch the full episode and let's embark on this journey of growth together. Find our more about Steve below:  Website: ⁠www.TheBezosLetters.com⁠ LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/ FB: http://www.facebook.com/steveandersonnetwork YT: https://youtube.com/@SteveAndersonVideo IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/steveanderson/⁠ Missed Previous Episodes? Don't worry! Catch up on all our insightful discussions by visiting our podcast blog. Stay up-to-date and never miss out on valuable content. Explore now! ⁠https://www.marketingboostsolutions.com/mbs-podcast-blog Not a Marketing Boost Solutions member yet? Book a free Brainstorming Session with our team today to learn more about our travel incentives. Click here:⁠https://api.automationbooster.com/widget/appointment/brainstorm-session/mb Whether you are a start-up or a well-established business, you need to have a robust platform to help you scale your business with the ease of automating Marketing Boost travel incentives. Schedule a call with our team to explore what Automation Booster can do for you. Book here: https://api.automationbooster.com/widget/bookings/brainstorm-session/ab

Interview with Steve Anderson, who is an expert in strategic risk and business growth. Drawing on decades of experience in the insurance industry, he wrote The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller. With hundreds of thousands of followers, Steve has been handpicked by LinkedIn as one of the world's most influential thought leaders. His web site is https://www.TheBezosLetters.com

Curious about my 2024 reading list?From Alan Turing's impact to tech insights in "The Fabric of Reality" by David Deutsch, it's a diverse mix.I'll dive into stories of innovators like Buckminster Fuller, Edwin Land, and early Microsoft days in "Hard Drive." Plus, insights from Jeff Bezos' "The Bezos Letters" and Winston Churchill's concise biography.Excited to explore "The Almanac of Balaji" too. What's on your reading list this year?LEAVE A REVIEW if you liked this episode!! Let's Connect On Social Media! youtube.com/anthonyvicino twitter.com/anthonyvicino instagram.com/theanthonyvicino https://anthonyvicino.com Join an exclusive community of peak performers at Beyond the Apex University learning how to build a business, invest in real estate, and develop hyperfocus. www.beyondtheapex.com Learn More About Investing With Anthony Invictus Capital: www.invictusmultifamily.com Multifamily Investing Made Simple Podcast Passive Investing Made Simple Book: www.thepassiveinvestingbook.com

Steve Anderson is an expert in strategic risk and business growth. Drawing on decades of experience in the insurance industry, he wrote The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller.

John talks with Karen Anderson – strategic book advisor and coach, associate publisher at Morgan James Publishing, author of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling book The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, ghostwriter, editor, and a devoted wife to Steve. Before Karen started working in the publishing world, she was a Marriage and Family Therapist. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Intro [01:44] - The importance of story in non-fiction [04:40] - The backstory of The Bezos Letters [06:36] - Writing a book about Bezos' shareholder letters [10:19] - The idea of risk and successful failure [13:02] - Amazon's Fire Phone failure and the birth of Alexa [15:08] - Why you need to buy 2 copies of a book [19:18] - Karen's journey from therapist to publisher [20:55] - Getting into direct response marketing [22:46] - Becoming a juggernaut in the publishing world [26:47] - AI can't replace the creative aspect of writing [30:18] - John's upcoming book: The F6 Secrets of Relationships [31:22] - Writing with Scrivener [35:04] - Advice for hesitant writers with compelling stories [38:12] - The book editing process [43:01] - John's experience with correcting errors in a book NOTABLE QUOTES:  "I recommend to anybody in the non-fiction world to read fiction. And the reason I do that is because the thing that's most compelling and most powerful for people is story. And the best novels are really good with story." "No matter what you're doing in your message, whether it's via book or speaking, or whatever it is, it's always about story." "The most powerful non-fiction is what engages you, what's emotionally connected. And the reality is, if you eliminate story, you typically have a textbook, and most people don't like reading textbooks." "The biggest risk that businesses were taking was that they weren't taking enough risks." "Life is short, get up there." "AI doesn't have stories. AI doesn't know how to do the inspirational part yet. It can come up with ways that you can communicate better, but it doesn't know your experience." "The best writers have the best editors." "I wrote you a long letter because I didn't have time to write a short one." "It's a whole lot easier to just write lots of stuff than it is to really hone it down and get it in a way that can communicate well." BOOK MENTIONED: The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (https://a.co/d/8K2v28) APP MENTIONED: Scrivener https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview  USEFUL RESOURCES: https://www.strategicbookcoach.com https://www.strategicbookpartners.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-anderson-bookcoach/ https://www.instagram.com/dearkaren/ https://www.facebook.com/dearkaren https://twitter.com/dearkaren CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://thejohnhulen.com     Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen     Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen     Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/johnhulen     LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen     YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA     EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/

What can you learn from Jeff Bezos about revenue growth?  A lot.  Bezos changed how you buy things, read things, and publish things.  It makes sense that we can apply some of his principles to your business. My guest is Steve Anderson who wrote “The Bezos Letters”, and we discuss the 14 growth principles that Steve distilled from Bezos' letters to shareholders.  Amazon is the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in sales and got there by risk-taking.  Their risk-taking was (is) intentional, calculated, and strategic.  This episode is for business owners, leaders, CEOs, employees, and managers who want to learn the principles and how to apply them. Go grab a cocktail, a cigar and strap in for an insightful episode into revenue growth. Get your free copy of Walter Crosby's new book:  https://www.the7criticalmistakes.com/the-7-critical-mistakes-optin Connect with Walter Crosby: E-mail: walter@helixsalesdevelopment.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterlcrosby/ Website: https://helixsalesdevelopment.com/ Calendly: https://calendly.com/walter-helix/15-minute-virtual-cup-of-coffee Connect with Steve Anderson: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/  Website: www.TheBezosLetters.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevetn

In this episode of AI For Pharma Growth, Dr. Andree Bates is joined by Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters, to discuss the 14 principles for growth that Pharma can learn from Amazon.   Steve emphasises that the biggest risk businesses face is not taking enough risk. Steve highlights the concept of innovation being a byproduct of inventing something new and elaborates on how Amazon applies these principles across industries. The cycles of growth and encouraging useful failure in the test cycle are part of Pharma's growth. The key principle that Amazon focuses on, which also applies to pharma and healthcare, is the importance of making complex processes simple.   The importance of risk aversion and the significance of long-term thinking and focusing on high standards is stressed, and they discuss measuring what matters and trusting instincts. Steve also talks about how Amazon has integrated artificial intelligence into their business and highlighting that AI is not a novel concept.   In this episode you will learn: The valuable insights about learning from Amazon's success  What led Steve to write about dynamic invention and innovation How Amazon applies the principles they've learned to other industries The cycles of growth and failure in the test cycle The importance of long-term thinking  How Amazon uses artificial intelligence in their business   Click to connect with Dr. Andree Bates for more information in this episode: https://eularis.com/   AI For Pharma Growth is the podcast from pioneering Pharma Artificial Intelligence entrepreneur Dr. Andree Bates created to help organisations understand how the use of AI based technologies can easily save them time and grow their brands and business. This show blends deep experience in the sector with demystifying AI for all pharma people, from start up biotech right through to Big Pharma. In this podcast Dr Andree will teach you the tried and true secrets to building a pharma company using AI that anyone can use, at any budget. As the author of many peer-reviewed journals and having addressed over 500 industry conferences across the globe, Dr Andree Bates uses  her obsession with all things AI and futuretech to help you to navigate through the, sometimes confusing but, magical world of AI powered tools to grow pharma businesses. This podcast features many experts who have developed powerful AI powered tools that are the secret behind some time saving and supercharged revenue generating business results. Those who share their stories and expertise show how AI can be applied to sales, marketing, production, social media, psychology, customer insights and so much more.   Resources: Dr. Andree Bates LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter

Steve Anderson is the author of the bestselling book, The Bezos Letters, where he deconstructs Jeff Bezos' 21 letters to Amazon shareowners through his unique lens of risk. He provides listeners with a guide on the key takeaways and principles that Bezos leveraged in turning an online bookstore into a trillion- dollar company in just over two decades. The four cycles -- Test, Build, Accelerate and Scale, along with the 14 Principles can help any business grow like Amazon. For more, go to https://thebezosletters.com/

The MisFitNation Show chat with Steve Anderson Author of The Bezos Letters, a Trusted Authority on Risk, Technology, Invention, and Innovation Welcome to our Take it Home Thursday show this week. We are glad you are back with us and look forward to hearing your thoughts on this chat. We started the week off with a great live chat with Seana Arrechaga released our chat with Paula Conroy, and now we bring you, Steve Anderson. This is a chat you will not want to miss. Enjoy episode 273! of The MisFitNation! Steve Anderson is the author of the bestselling book, The Bezos Letters, where he deconstructs Jeff Bezos' 21 letters to Amazon shareowners through his unique lens of risk.  All of our latest episodes and videos can be found here: https://www.themisfitnation.com This episode YouTube: https://youtu.be/hIg03K3m6Pk Support us here: https://ko-fi.com/themisfitnationpodcast #author #risk  #invention #innovation #entrepreneur #host #vetsinpodcasting #vetsinradio #chemdawg #resilience #mindset #mentalhealth #hmg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has been writing annual letters to shareholders since 1997. These letters provide a unique insight into his thoughts on Amazon's successes and failures and his vision for the future. They also offer valuable advice to entrepreneurs and business leaders looking to build their own successful businesses. Join this conversation where a business analyst, Steve Anderson, unlocks the key lessons, mindset, principles, and steps Bezos used and continues to use to make Amazon the massive success it is today.Steve Anderson, M.A., is a trusted authority on Risk, Technology, Productivity, and Innovation and has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry. He holds a master's degree in Insurance Law. Anderson is a professional speaker, consultant, and “futurist.” From business management systems to social media, Steve analyzes what's happening now and explains its implications for the future. His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, how businesses can leverage the online world, and how any business can assess and use strategic risk to its advantage. He was chosen to be one of the original 150 “thought leaders/influencers” on LinkedIn and has over 340,000 followers. Steve currently resides in Franklin, Tennessee. In this podcast episode, we talk all about Jeff Bezos, how he was able to be so successful, and tips & tricks we can take from Amazon for our own businesses.Key Highlights from the Show[00:01] Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest, Steve Anderson[02:13] Steve's backstory and how he got interested in Amazon[06:21] Jeff Bezos' obsessions with writing things and how he structures his meetings[12:09] How to train a new employee in the culture of memo writing in your business[15:08] Examples of places you can find well-written memos[17:41] The power of writing[19:34] What can be applicable in other businesses from Jeff Bezos' letters[28:48] How you can approach expenses as opportunities like Jeff Bezos[33:06] Speculations on what Jeff Bezos wishes to have put more resources in hisentrepreneurship journey[36:08] Best ways to reach out and connect with Steve AndersonNotable Quotes● Even if you are not good at something, you gain skills and get better by just doing it.[17:16]● Sometimes you only know your thoughts once you write them out. [17:44]● Amazon is the best place for an employee to fail. [20:56]● The problem with most companies is that when they become successful, that is theirbiggest risk because they start getting complacent. [23:15]Steve's Book & Other Resources Mentioned1. The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazonby SteveAnderson:https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon/dp/16427933292. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott:https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Some-Instructions-Writing-Life/dp/0385480016Connect With Steve AndersonWebsite: https://thebezosletters.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steveanderson/Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevetnFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveAndersonNetwork/Thank you for listening to FROM MD To Entrepreneur PodcastTune in every Wednesday, 5 AM PST. Follow Us on our socials Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/frommdpodcast/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/from-md-to-entrepreneur/ Website - https://www.frommd.com/episodes/

Description: In this episode, we dive deep into Jeff Bezos' 21 Shareowner Letters with Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters. Anderson shares how Bezos' principles are hidden in plain sight and how they can help small businesses achieve success. Anderson explains the importance of high-velocity decision-making and how it's key to moving fast. He reveals why it's crucial to become a customer-obsessed business and not just customer-focused. Anderson breaks down Amazon's Customer Experience Pillars and how you can implement them in your own company. We explore the 4 key growth cycles that every successful company is always intentionally moving through, and Anderson shares why you'll never think or grow big enough if you're not willing to risk “failure”. He also explains why the flywheel is Amazon's secret growth weapon. Whether you're a startup or an established business, you won't want to miss this insightful conversation with Steve Anderson. Tune in to discover how you can apply Bezos' growth principles to your own business and catapult your growth. To check out Steve's book, "The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon", head on over to Amazon: https://amzn.to/3JcmWb9 To connect with Steve, visit his website: https://www.thebezosletters.com/ Disclaimer: Not advice. Educational purposes only. Not an endorsement for or against. Results not vetted. Views of the guests do not represent those of the host or show. Do your due diligence. Click here to join PodMatch (the "AirBNB" of Podcasting): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/drchrisloomdphd We couldn't do it without the support of our listeners. To help support the show: CashApp- https://cash.app/$drchrisloomdphd Venmo- https://account.venmo.com/u/Chris-Loo-4 Buy Me a Coffee- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chrisJx Thank you to our sponsor, CityVest: https://bit.ly/37AOgkp Click here to schedule a 1-on-1 private coaching call: https://www.drchrisloomdphd.com/book-online Click here to purchase my books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PaQn4p Follow our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/chL1357 Thank you to our advertisers on Spotify. Financial Freedom for Physicians, Copyright 2023

In this video, we sit down with Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters, Co-Founder & CEO of Catalyit, to discuss what small businesses can learn from Jeff Bezos, why Bezos is the "master of risk," and how to identify when you're taking too much or too little risk. Plus, much more! Watch here: https://youtu.be/kRkl6f9u8Tc Listen on top podcast platforms here: https://pod.link/thekajstudio Subscribe to us on YouTube for instant updates on live streams and new episodes. And do tell a few friends if you can! What are your thoughts and opinion on the topic we discussed in this episode? I'd love to hear from you. Got questions? Ping me on LinkedIn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kajmasterclass/message

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Scaling Lessons from the Jeff Bezos Letters with Steve Anderson   In a rapidly changing market, the need to experiment and test new ideas is more important than ever. Businesses that stick to the formula they've always done will fall behind, while those that take risks have a much higher chance of scaling beyond 8-figures.    Strategic risk expert and author Steve Anderson joins this new week's episode to share his powerful insights into the mind behind one of the world's biggest companies. He talks about how to leverage risk, prioritize customers, the value of choosing product experimentation, not innovation, and more.   Tune in to this insightful new episode ▶️ Scaling Lessons from the Jeff Bezos Letters with Steve Anderson.   Key points covered in this episode:    ✔️There's much to learn from disruptive companies that have come and gone. There is more we should duplicate from those that sustain the lead, like Amazon. Steve Anderson shares how his interest was piqued by reading every shareholder letter from 1997 to 2017 by Amazon champion Jeff Bezos. He created a book from that wealth of valuable information that became a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller.    ✔️ Adapt Bezos' Day 1 Mindset. The idea of day one is a thread that goes through every letter he writes. "It's not a day, but this mindset of going into your business every day and thinking, this is the first day we're in business. The excitement, the challenge, the how do we serve our customers best? And that mindset really is infused throughout Amazon still to this day."   ✔️ "To be the Earth's most customer-centric company." Amazon created multiple billion-dollar businesses by being willing to think about the customer first. Steve shares how Bezos uses the phrase frequently and invents new solutions on the customer's behalf. The Kindle, for example, completely changed the publishing business. "Did they innovate on the book, or did they invent a whole new way of consuming books? When Jeff talks about the Kindle, he says they had the audacious goal of replacing the book that's been around for 500 years and being able to start reading a book in 60 seconds or less; that was the goal."   ✔️Encouraging successful failure. Bezos always emphasized the need to build a company culture that allows experimentation to take place without punishment. "Employees know that they can try out new ideas, test them, even the crazy ones that actually could work. Bezos says that you will fail when you do an experiment when you're testing something by its very nature. An experiment means you don't know the outcome. And if you know the outcome, it's not an experiment."   Steve Anderson, MA, is a trusted authority on Risk, Technology, Productivity, and Innovation and has over thirty-five years of experience in the insurance industry. He holds a master's degree in Insurance Law.   Anderson is a professional speaker, writer, and "futurist." His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. He was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers.   Get Steve's book at https://thebezosletters.com/.   ————————————————————————————————   Take your first step to learning how to SCALE your business to 8-figures and BEYOND! My team of expert CEO's ready to provide you with clear, proven, and team-driven strategies that will allow You to build a business that thrives without you!  Book a Strategy Call with one of the CEO mentors today.  https://myscalesession.com/linkedin-strategy

Amazon is one of the ten richest companies in the world, and its founder, Jeff Bezos is one of the five richest people in the world, with a net worth of over $120 billion. Founded in 1994, Amazon was the fastest company in history to reach $100 billion in sales. How did he achieve such massive success in less than 30 years of operation?  Today, we're getting an inside look at how Jeff Bezos approaches business from Steven Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters. Steven has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry and he is a trusted authority on risk, technology, and innovation.  In this episode of YAP Classic, Hala and Steven dive into the contents of The Bezos Letters, a collection and analysis of Jeff Bezos' annual shareholder letters. They discuss some of the key strategies and lessons outlined in The Bezos Letters, like measuring your return on risk, adopting a ‘day one' mentality, and using free cash flow as a primary metric for measuring your company's success. They also talk about some of Amazon's biggest failures and how Amazon encourages its employees to experiment and take risks.  Topics Include:  - Why did Steven write The Bezos Letters?  - Innovation vs. experimentation  - The value of failure  - Amazon's greatest failures  - Being terrified of your customers  - Strategic risks for growth  - Why Bezos banned PowerPoint at Amazon  - ROR (Return On Risk)  - The risk of not taking risks  - ‘It's always day one' - The problem with judging companies by their profitability  - Free cash flow as a primary metric  - Steven's secret to profiting in life  - And other topics… Steven Anderson is a professional writer, speaker, and futurist. He is the co-founder and CEO of Catalyit, which simplifies technology for insurance agents. Steven's insurance agency, The Anderson Network, is considered an industry leader in the field of insuring productivity, technology, and profits. He was named one of the original 150 LinkedIn influencers and he is a top 10 Global InsurTech influencer. His book, The Bezos Letters, has been featured on numerous podcasts and was included in Forbes' list of the ‘Top 20 Books You Need to Read to Crush 2020.' Resources Mentioned: YAP Episode #75, Grow Your Business Like Amazon: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/young-and-profiting-with-hala-taha/id1368888880?i=1000487032512  The Bezos Letters & its accompanying resources: https://thebezosletters.com/  Steven's Website: https://steveanderson.com/  Steven's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/  Steven's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steveanderson/  Steven's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveTN  Steven's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveTN  Sponsored By:  ClickUp - Sign up today at ClickUp.com and use code yap to get 15% off Sabio - Visit sabio.la/YAP for a $1,000 scholarship towards the cost of their bootcamp at Sabio! JustWorks - Check out JustWorks' transparent pricing by visiting justworks.com/pricing The Jordan Harbinger Show - Check out jordanharbinger.com/start for some episode recommendations Shopify - Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/profiting More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com   Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/ Join Hala's LinkedIn Masterclass - yapmedia.io/course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many business owners, leaders, and executives want to propel their businesses to success like Jeff Bezos did with Amazon, and the frameworks they're using today are definitely worth studying.But most of us think of these frameworks as secrets, and it might be difficult for many of us to understand how Amazon's practices can drive our businesses to massive success.Fortunately, Steve Anderson is gracing my show with his presence to share what he has uncovered from Bezos' 21 letters to Amazon shareowners. Steve Anderson is an expert in strategic risk and business growth, Co-Founder and CEO at Catalyit, and the author of the international best-selling book The Bezos Letters: 14 principles to Grow Your Business like Amazon. Steve highlighted the following principles from his book which resonated most with me and aligned with my values:1. How encouraging (successful) failures can actually propel businesses toward success.2. How obsessing over customers helps build businesses and serves them for the long term.3. How to accelerate success by simplifying complexities.4. How would a mindset of believing it's always day 1 scale a business.Without a doubt, this episode of the Best Place to Lead show is another insightful and fun conversation. Listen to this!Connect with Steve: On his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/On his company: http://www.catalyit.com/On his website:  http://www.thebezosletters.com/ Don't miss out on all the good stuff that is coming your way!

Amazon's leadership principles (Core Values) have been the most critical element in their unprecedented success. Value alignment first, and skills second. So why is this not a standard practice among all up-and-coming startups?  The reason I believe is that leaders then become accountable for their actions when they misbehave.  Without values, it is easy to hide. It is easy to rationalize bad decisions and easier to deflect blame when the shit hits the fan. This is why 9 out of 10 startups fail. Without the right people, your company will not be able to execute.  And the right people are attracted to more than just money. They want growth, structure, and purpose.  When your company demonstrates that none of these elements are present, the A-players run!  And what you are left with are the people who are willing to take the job.  Guest Bio: Steve Anderson is the CEO of Catalyit. He has spent decades shaping the insurance industry through a deeper understanding of emerging technologies and how businesses today can best integrate and leverage them.  Steve is a sought-after speaker and influencer. He is also the author of the widely-anticipated book The Bezos Letters, where he reveals 14 principles for business growth based on the ideas and patterns that emerged when he examined Jeff Bezos' 21 annual letters to Amazon shareholders.  TODAY WE DISCUSS: Balancing need with patience to get the right hire How to put the right structure in place to land them HIRING STORY: Hired an operations manager, who seemed like a good fit. Terminated after 3 months. Hired too fast! Pressure to move fast from start to offer in 3 days. The person already had an offer. He didn't follow his own advice.   Challenge? Balance need with hiring the right person Miscasting a hire Don't hire when you rushed to fill a position The interview process is not intentional.  Not having a hiring process, hiring questions (winging it) Rick's Nuggets:  Problem: Pacing is determined by the candidateClue that the person just needs the money Mitigated by disclosing your hiring process & timeline  Intention: purpose of the interview? How do we solve the problem?  Structure Have a good job description Have a good hiring & interview process Intentional interviews Amazon  Will you admire this person?  Will this person raise the average level of effectiveness of the group  Along what dimension might this person be a superstar Don't cave into the pressure  Candidate pressure Own need pressure Find short term solutions while the interview process is moving along Be willing to fire fast Not fully committing or fully focused Not understanding urgency  Rick's Nuggets: Evidence trumps assumptions Pacing determined by the process, not the person No need to fire, when you have hired the strongest person Key Takeaways that the Audience can plug into their business today! (Value): Process is key to success Need a place to start - Use Amazon's hiring questions Culture fit might be more important than skills.  Guest Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/ Personal: https://thebezosletters.com/ Company: https://catalyit.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/catalyit/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveTN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveAndersonNetwork/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steveanderson/ Host Links:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-girard-07722/ Company: https://www.stridesearch.com/ Podcast: https://www.hirepowerradio.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEJm9RoCfu8y7AJpaxkxqQ Authored:  "Healing Career Wounds"  https://amzn.to/3tGbtre Startup: www.intertru.ai HireOS™ inquiry: rick@stridesearch.com Show Sponsor: www.intertru.ai www.stridesearch.com

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Welcome to The Profit Talk! In this show, we're going to help you explore strategies to help you maximize profits in your business while scaling and creating the lifestyle that you want as an entrepreneur. I am your host, Susanne Mariga! I'm a certified Mastery Level Profit First Professional. Let's dive into strategies to maximize profits in your business! In this episode, I interview Steve Anderson. Today, Steve talks about The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and an international bestseller. He also talks about the concept of risk and growth and how Bezos can help you achieve greater results. To know more about Steve, connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/ and to grab a copy of his book, go to https://thebezosletters.com/    Visit my FREE Facebook Group, The Profit First Masterclass, where I'll be sharing additional exclusive trainings to members of the community.   If you're excited about what's next for your business and upcoming episodes, please head to our itunes page and give us a review! Your support will help me to bring in other amazing expert interviews to share their best tips on how to powerfully grow in your business!  DISCLAIMER: The information contained within these videos is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute, an accountant-client relationship. While we use reasonable efforts to furnish accurate and up-to-date information, we assume no liability or responsibility for any errors, omissions, or regulatory updates in the content of this video. Any U.S. federal tax advice contained within is not intended to be used for the purpose of avoiding penalties under U.S. federal tax law. 

In this interview Conor and Steve discuss:The link between risk and growth and what your practice can learn from Amazon's approach to riskOne counter-intuitive leadership principle that will help your practice achieve more breakthroughsPractical ways to use the principle of customer obsession like Amazon to increase revenue, referrals and repeat businessHow independent businesses can strategically compete against AmazonAnd more https://thebezosletters.com 

Why you'll never think or grow big enough if you're not willing to risk “failure” In this segment, Steve Anderson shares some practical tips from the 14 Amazon Growth principles that will supercharge your business. See video here - https://youtu.be/wS0VyxmQWCk WHO IS STEVE? Steve Anderson is an expert in strategic risk and business growth. Drawing on decades of experience in the insurance industry, he wrote The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business-Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller. With hundreds of thousands of followers, Steve has been handpicked by LinkedIn as one of the world's most influential thought leaders. STEVE'S CALL TO ACTION Buy the book.

For the full show notes and transcription checkout: https://www.superpowers.school/ Watch episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/paddydhanda?sub_confirmation=1 ★ BUY ME KO-FI ★ If you enjoy the podcast, then you can donate a small amount here as a token of your appreciation: https://ko-fi.com/paddydhanda Contact Paddy at: pardeep_dhanda (at) hotmail.com Steve Anderson has spent his 35+ year career helping the insurance industry understand, integrate, and leverage current and emerging technologies. From business management systems to social platforms, Steve analyzes what's happening now and explain its implications for the future. He has spoken in all 50 states, and internationally, and addressed companies like SAFECO, AAA, and Nationwide. He is on the faculty of credentialing organizations teaching thousands of professionals annually and is a writer/contributor to multiple publications. Steve has a Master's Degree in Insurance Law, and was personally invited to be an original LinkedIn thought leader/influencer where he now has over 340,000 followers. He also is a Top 20 Global InsurTech Influencer. Steve's first book, The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, (Morgan James Publishing), will be available in September 2019. In the book, Steve deconstructs Jeff Bezos' 21 years of personal letters to Amazon shareholders through his unique lens of risk, providing readers with a guide on the key takeaways and principles that Bezos leveraged in turning an online bookstore into a trilliondollar company in just over two decades. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/superpowers-school/message

For the full show notes and transcription checkout: https://www.superpowers.school/ Watch episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/paddydhanda?sub_confirmation=1 ★ BUY ME KO-FI ★ If you enjoy the podcast, then you can donate a small amount here as a token of your appreciation: https://ko-fi.com/paddydhanda Contact Paddy at: pardeep_dhanda (at) hotmail.com Steve Anderson has spent his 35+ year career helping the insurance industry understand, integrate, and leverage current and emerging technologies. From business management systems to social platforms, Steve analyzes what's happening now and explain its implications for the future. He has spoken in all 50 states, and internationally, and addressed companies like SAFECO, AAA, and Nationwide. He is on the faculty of credentialing organizations teaching thousands of professionals annually and is a writer/contributor to multiple publications. Steve has a Master's Degree in Insurance Law, and was personally invited to be an original LinkedIn thought leader/influencer where he now has over 340,000 followers. He also is a Top 20 Global InsurTech Influencer. Steve's first book, The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, (Morgan James Publishing), will be available in September 2019. In the book, Steve deconstructs Jeff Bezos' 21 years of personal letters to Amazon shareholders through his unique lens of risk, providing readers with a guide on the key takeaways and principles that Bezos leveraged in turning an online bookstore into a trilliondollar company in just over two decades. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/superpowers-school/message

It's an undeniable fact that Jeff Bezos did some exceptional work to develop Amazon into the e-commerce giant it is today. What if you could discover Amazon's secrets and translate them into your business? Our guest today took on the task of analyzing every investor letter addressed by Jeff Bezos to Amazon shareholders dating back to 1997. Steve Anderson, Co-Founder & CEO at Catalyit™, and the author of the international bestseller, The Bezos Letters, joins us today to dive into the 14 principles that created the Amazon that we know today. [02:52] Summary of Letters – Steve starts the conversation with a synopsis of the letters, as well as what we can take away from them as we manage our own businesses. [05:08] Beginning of Amazon – Steve explains Jeff Bezos's background, how his childhood inspired him, and how he ended up launching Amazon. [11:14] Becoming a Tech Giant – Steve dives into the growth of Amazon from its IPO in 1997 to current day. [24:38] Four categories– Steve discusses the four categories mentioned in his book, and provides an excellent explanation of the 14 principles. [31:44] High-Velocity Decisions – Steve explains how Jeff Bezos used a unique decision-making process to accelerate Amazon's growth. [45:56] Amazon's Culture – Steve expresses his thoughts on Amazon's culture. [54:40] Steve's Background – Steve shares his background, his career as an entrepreneur, and how he came to produce his phenomenal work.   Resources: Connect with Steve: Website: thebezosletters.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/stevetn/   Mentioned in the episode: The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon: goodreads.com/en/book/show/51811688-the-bezos-letters

سلام ما اومدیم با یک کتاب کسب و کاری درجه یک. نامه های بزوس شرح حال اصول مدیریت جف بزوس در شرکت آمازون هست که می تونه به شما هم در مدیریت کسب و کارتون دید خوبی بده. ------------------------------------- گوینده و متن: فریده محمدی‌ تدوین: مهدی رفیعی حمایت از ما --------------------------------------- تصور کنید بنیان‌گذار و مدیرعامل آمازون، جف بزوس مربی کسب‌وکار شما باشد. من فرصت را از دست نمی‌دهم و از او سؤالی نه‌چندان ساده می‌پرسم: «دقیقا چگونه آمازون را رشد داده‌اید؟» و مشتاقانه از دیدگاه‌ها و تجربیات او برای ایجاد و رشد کسب‌وکارم استفاده می‌کنم، چه‌کسی این کار را نمی‌کند؟ حاضر بودید چه چیزی بدهید تا بزوس شخصاً اسراری که آمازون را تبدیل به شرکتی یک هزار میلیارد دلاری و خودش را هم ثروتمندترین فرد جهان کرد برایتان توضیح دهد؟ خوشبختانه، بزوس جادوگر شهر اوز نیست که سازوکارها و استراتژی‌هایش را پنهان کرده باشد. این‌جاست که پای نامه‌های سهامداران به میان کشیده می‌شود. این نامه‌ها اصول و استراتژی‌های پنهانش‌ برای رشد آمازون را آشکار می‌کنند. راستی میتونید این کتاب رو از انتشارات هورمزد تهیه کنید: کتاب نامه های بزوس | نوشته استیو اندرسون | نشر هورمزد (hoormazd.com) همچنین دیگر اپیزودهای ما رو هم میتونید از طریق لینک زیر پیدا کنید: https://zil.ink/personalinfo فهرست مطالب کتاب: آزمایش‌کردن اصل ۱: تشویق به «شکست‌های ‌موفقیت‌آمیز» اصل ۲: شرط‌بندی بر ایده‌های ‌بزرگ اصل ۳: پویایی در نوآوری و اختراع ساختن اصل ۴: وسواس بر نیاز مشتریان اصل ۵: به‌کارگیری افکار بلندمدت اصل ۶: درک فلایویل خود تسریع‌کردن اصل ۷: اتخاذ تصمیمات با سرعت بالا اصل ۸: ساده‌کردن پیچیدگی‌ها اصل ۹: استفاده از فناوری‌های ‌روز اصل ۱۰: ارتقای حس مالکیت مقیاس کردن اصل ۱۱: حفظ فرهنگ سازمانی اصل ۱۲: تمرکز بر استاندارد‌های ‌بالا اصل ۱۳: سنجیدن آنچه مهم است، پرسیدن این‌که معیار مهم بودن چیست و اعتماد به حس درونی خود اصل ۱۴: باور به این‌که همیشه می‌توانید مثل روز اول باشید

سلام ما اومدیم با یک کتاب کسب و کاری درجه یک. نامه های بزوس شرح حال اصول مدیریت جف بزوس در شرکت آمازون هست که می تونه به شما هم در مدیریت کسب و کارتون دید خوبی بده. ------------------------------------- گوینده و متن: فریده محمدی‌ تدوین: مهدی رفیعی حمایت از ما --------------------------------------- تصور کنید بنیان‌گذار و مدیرعامل آمازون، جف بزوس مربی کسب‌وکار شما باشد. من فرصت را از دست نمی‌دهم و از او سؤالی نه‌چندان ساده می‌پرسم: «دقیقا چگونه آمازون را رشد داده‌اید؟» و مشتاقانه از دیدگاه‌ها و تجربیات او برای ایجاد و رشد کسب‌وکارم استفاده می‌کنم، چه‌کسی این کار را نمی‌کند؟ حاضر بودید چه چیزی بدهید تا بزوس شخصاً اسراری که آمازون را تبدیل به شرکتی یک هزار میلیارد دلاری و خودش را هم ثروتمندترین فرد جهان کرد برایتان توضیح دهد؟ خوشبختانه، بزوس جادوگر شهر اوز نیست که سازوکارها و استراتژی‌هایش را پنهان کرده باشد. این‌جاست که پای نامه‌های سهامداران به میان کشیده می‌شود. این نامه‌ها اصول و استراتژی‌های پنهانش‌ برای رشد آمازون را آشکار می‌کنند. راستی میتونید این کتاب رو از انتشارات هورمزد تهیه کنید: کتاب نامه های بزوس | نوشته استیو اندرسون | نشر هورمزد (hoormazd.com) همچنین دیگر اپیزودهای ما رو هم میتونید از طریق لینک زیر پیدا کنید: رادیو سامرایز – خلاصه کتاب (radiosummarize.com) فهرست مطالب کتاب: آزمایش‌کردن اصل ۱: تشویق به «شکست‌های ‌موفقیت‌آمیز» اصل ۲: شرط‌بندی بر ایده‌های ‌بزرگ اصل ۳: پویایی در نوآوری و اختراع ساختن اصل ۴: وسواس بر نیاز مشتریان اصل ۵: به‌کارگیری افکار بلندمدت اصل ۶: درک فلایویل خود تسریع‌کردن اصل ۷: اتخاذ تصمیمات با سرعت بالا اصل ۸: ساده‌کردن پیچیدگی‌ها اصل ۹: استفاده از فناوری‌های ‌روز اصل ۱۰: ارتقای حس مالکیت مقیاس کردن اصل ۱۱: حفظ فرهنگ سازمانی اصل ۱۲: تمرکز بر استاندارد‌های ‌بالا اصل ۱۳: سنجیدن آنچه مهم است، پرسیدن این‌که معیار مهم بودن چیست و اعتماد به حس درونی خود اصل ۱۴: باور به این‌که همیشه می‌توانید مثل روز اول باشید

In this episode of the Local Crown our host Antonia Hanlon talks with Steve Anderson about his business growth knowledge. Steve shares all the insight he learned from being in business himself and reading Jeff Bezos letters to his shareholders. He then wrote the book, The Bezos Letters, to help explain to others the key factors in growing a company like Amazon. Tune in to hear about the key principles applied to great companies such as Amazon. Want to learn more about our hosts? https://treycarmichael.us/ (https://treycarmichael.us/) Djemilah Birnie | Author, Digital Designer, Podcaster, and Founder of Becoming the Big Me https://djemilah.com/ (Djemilah Birnie | Author, Digital Designer, Podcaster, and Founder of Becoming the Big Me)https://antoniahanlon.com/ (https://antoniahanlon.com/) Want to learn more about Local Crown, LLC? https://thelocalcrown.com/ (https://thelocalcrown.com/) Want to check out our publication? http://insidetheempire.com/ (insidetheempire.com) Did you want to get featured in the publication alongside Jayson Waller, Sharon Lechter, Jim Kwik, and Dan Caldwell? https://thelocalcrown.com/becomeacontributor (https://thelocalcrown.com/becomeacontributor) Want to learn more about Steve Anderson? https://thebezosletters.com/

Meski banyak pengusaha membangun kerajaan bisnis mereka berdasarkan kebutuhan dan kepemilihan akan harta (uang), Jeff Bezos mengajarkan apa yang paling ultim alih-alih soal cuan. Adalah bagaimana sebuah perusahaan itu hendak menjawab masalah yang terjadi di dalam masyarakat. Artinya, sebuah perusahaan mau tidak mau harus memiliki roh yang menjadi motor gerak bersama. Langkah selanjutnya, menyamakan frekuensi sekaligus menjalin chemistry antara dirinya dan para investor. Dalam bukunya, The Bezos Letters, Steve Anderson berhasil menemukan roh Amazon, sebagai perusahaan yang berlari cepat mencapai valuasi $100 miliar --yang menjadikan Bezos sebagai sultan, di dalam surel-surel Bezos. Di dalamnya, bagaimana Bezos bercerita, menuturkan gagasan secara logis, mengajak investor tidak hanya berorientasi pada keuntungan, memvalidasi kepentingan bersama di atas kepentingan diri sendiri, dll. Secara umum, buku The Bezos Letters mengurutkan daftar 14 prinsip atau pedoman yang disarikan dari surel-surel pribadi Jezz Bezos kepada para pemegang saham Amazon. Yang menarik di sini adalah cara Bezos bercerita lewat ujung jarinya, alih-alih laporan lisan. Bersama mas Mahendra Datu @mahendradatu, seorang inovator, kita akan icip-icip roh di balik buku The Bezos Letters: narasi strategis di balik ujung jari Bezos yang meyakinkan bahwa 'setiap hari' adalah 'hari pertama' (Day 1). Apa artinya? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/periplus-bookstore/message

Jeff Bezos is the world's richest entrepreneur, having built Amazon, the world's fastest company to reach $100 billion in revenue. Many business owners are still perplexed by Amazon's meteoric ascent, unsure of what the secret sauce is. However, now is the time to start looking for a solution, as Steve has brought you the roadmap to it. Through his book, The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles To Grow Your Business Like Amazon, Steve Anderson, a business expert, discloses for the first time, the essential lessons, attitudes, concepts, and procedures that Bezos used to turn Amazon into the massive success it is today. He tries to tell business owners, executives, and CEOs how to take the same approach to their companies and become “more effective, productive, and profitable” in a short amount of time. Steve Anderson is a trusted authority on Risk, Technology, Productivity, and Innovation with over 35 years of experience in the insurance sector. He is an Insurance Law master's degree holder. A sought-after speaker, author, and “futurist” also became one of the first 150 LinkedIn Influencers, with a large number of followers. Steve discusses his lengthy research as well as the inspiration for creating The Bezos Letters with Matthew and Luigi in this episode of The Liquid Lunch Project. They also look at Bezos' essential “growth principles,” that both major firms and “solopreneurs” may use to scale up.“I believe they can be applied to almost any organization,” Steve claims, “In fact, I've had feedback from nonprofits and others who aren't in the conventional corporate sector on how they have found the concepts to be useful.” Listen in to find out more.   What You Will Learn: What drove Steve to pen The Bezos Letters. What turns out to be his favorite out of all the principles he discusses in the book. How Steve's wife aided him in his efforts to write the book. What some of Amazon's past missteps have been. Why Steve believes that risk and business growth are inextricably linked. And much more!   Favorite Quote: “One of my growth philosophies is to take risks with large ideas and to practice dynamic invention and innovation.”         - Steve Anderson How To Get Involved: Find more about Steve and his book through the Website, or connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. Get hold of a copy of The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles To Grow Your Business Like Amazon here. Matthew Meehan and Luigi Rosabianca possess, between them, a treasure trove of insight and strategic advice for ambitious business owners. Get in touch with the guys at  ShieldAdvisoryGroup.  You can also connect with them on Instagram at  The Liquid Lunch Project, Matthew Meehan, Luigi Rosabianca, and Shield Advisory Group. Make sure you never miss an episode — check out The Liquid Lunch Project on Apple Podcasts, and don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review!  

In this exciting episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt brings back podcast guest Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters.Tim and Steve discuss the difference between inputs vs. outputs (and what Jeff Bezos' opinion was on both), Steve's thoughts on Jeff Bezos's math and judgement based decisions, why Amazon was so obsessed with data and why both Tim and Steve believe in empowering employees to do great things. Even John Doerr speaks about Amazon and their obsession with inputs and data in his interview with Sal kan. To view this video, check out our resources page (www.atruity1.com/resources/) or view it on youtube at the link below:https://youtu.be/JYOyI8_r5sYTo order a copy of Steve Anderson's book The Bezos Letters, click here:https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon-ebook/dp/B07VD2XMHQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Bezos+Letters&qid=1639057518&sr=8-1If you interested in working with the Atruity team or downloading our free e-book The Seven C's To OKR Success - click this link: https://linktr.ee/atruity

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My guest today is Karen Anderson, and she is imminently qualified to talk about what it means to be successful as an author. She is a Strategic Book Coach and Associate Publisher for Morgan James Publishing (full disclosure: I am a proud literary scout for Morgan James!). Karen is also a nationally published author, a co-author on numerous books, a self-published author, a ghostwriter, and an editor. She recently co-authored with her husband, Steve, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has now been translated into 18 languages.  Karen's newest project is called Unleash the Power of Your Book. She and her business partner, Marji Ross, help already-published authors re-launch and leverage their books to increase sales and maximize revenue, no matter when the book came out. On this episode, Karen talks about various ways to define success, the biggest mistakes authors make, and the ways successful authors think differently. You can connect with Karen on LinkedIn and Facebook. *** Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community. Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more! Connect with Kent: https://DailyWriterLife.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders 

My guest today is Karen Anderson, and she is imminently qualified to talk about what it means to be successful as an author. She is a Strategic Book Coach and Associate Publisher for Morgan James Publishing (full disclosure: I am a proud literary scout for Morgan James!).    Karen is also a nationally published author, a co-author on numerous books, a self-published author, a ghostwriter, and an editor. She recently co-authored with her husband, Steve, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has now been translated into 18 languages.     Karen's newest project is called Unleash the Power of Your Book. She and her business partner, Marji Ross, help already-published authors re-launch and leverage their books to increase sales and maximize revenue, no matter when the book came out.    On this episode, Karen talks about various ways to define success, the biggest mistakes authors make, and the ways successful authors think differently.    You can connect with Karen on LinkedIn and Facebook.  ***   Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.   Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!   Connect with Kent:  https://DailyWriterLife.com  Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders  Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders  LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders  

Steve Anderson Literally wrote the book on the Business. In this Interview Mr. Anderson breaks downs the hidden secrets hidden within the pages of Amazon CEO Letters on how to run an effective business. Steve Anderson is an expert in strategic risk and business growth. Drawing on decades of experience in the insurance industry, he wrote The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller. Steve Anderson is the author of the bestselling book, The Bezos Letters, where he deconstructs Jeff Bezos' 21 letters to Amazon shareowners through his unique lens of risk. With hundreds of thousands of followers, Steve has been handpicked by LinkedIn as one of the world's most influential thought leaders to date. @Gentleman Style Podcast

How can you grow your business like Amazon? Steve Anderson is back on today's episode to discuss his best-selling book -- "The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon." How can you and your business grow and become more successful than you ever imagined? Find out as Elliot and Ryan have an in-depth discussion with Steve regarding the strategies and principles it takes to break through any barrier standing in your way. About The Bezos Letters:The Bezos Letters lays out the fourteen growth principles that Amazon uses every day by examining Jeff Bezos' personal letters to shareholders.Jeff Bezos created Amazon, the fastest company to reach $100 billion in sales ever, making him the richest man in the world. Business owners marvel at Amazon's success, but don't realize they have the answers right at their fingertips as Bezos reveals his hidden roadmap in his annual letters to shareholders. For the first time, business analyst Steve Anderson unlocks the key lessons, mindset, principles, and steps Bezos used, and continues to use, to make Amazon the massive success it is today. Steve shows business owners, leaders, and CEOs how to apply those same practices and watch their business become more efficient, productive, and successful―fast!Episode links:Ellerbrock-Norris: https://www.ellerbrock-norris.com/Ellerbrock-Norris Wealth Strategies: https://www.ellerbrock-norris-ws.com/Catalyit: https://catalyit.com/The Bezos Letters: https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon/dp/1642793329Elliot Bassett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-bassett-aip-cpcu-84499515/Ryan Brott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-brott-cepa%C2%AE-77a278a/Steve Anderson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/LAUNCH: https://getlaunch.io/This episode is sponsored by LAUNCH.In the world of insurance, independent agencies fight to survive. Brokers are forced to compete by blocking markets and bid for the lowest price. Worse yet, the industry is fragmented.Agencies find it difficult to collaborate across division on the same client. Millions of dollars in potential revenue are left on the table. And agency owners lie awake at night wondering how to scale.THAT'S WHERE LAUNCH COMES IN.Access the full-revenue potential in your existing book of business. See opportunities other agencies can't. Offer more value. Gain a competitive advantage in a commoditized market.Visit https://getlaunch.io/ to learn more.

Steve Anderson is the International Best-Selling Author of "The Bezos Letters" and the Co-Founder & CEO at Catalyit. Today, the discussion centered around the power technology has to change an industry. Implementing this technology can be a daunting task, but there are resources out there to help you and your business achieve your goals!The number of ways independent insurance agencies can leverage tech to increase profit and serve customers is nearly unlimited. But time, know-how, and fear of risk are getting in the way. Let's break down that barrier together and move into the future with confidence. About Catalyit:At Catalyit, we're passionate about two things: independent insurance agents and technology. Which is why we're combining the best minds with the best tools to deliver the single greatest tech resource in the industry. Period.We understand no one can do it all alone. That's why while you're running a successful agency, managing a team, and serving your customers, we're sourcing technology platforms and solutions, delivering first-hand reviews and ratings, and building a training module that will help you win more. By doing what we do best, we empower you to do what you do best…but even better.Catalyit's simplified technology resource opens independent agents to a community where they can inspire, grow, and succeed. Together we're going to meet customers where they are and create a stronger, more innovative independent agency system. So, no matter where you are on the technology spectrum – from early adopter to experienced implementer – rest assured, you're in the right place.Episode links:Ellerbrock-Norris: https://www.ellerbrock-norris.com/Ellerbrock-Norris Wealth Strategies: https://www.ellerbrock-norris-ws.com/Catalyit: https://catalyit.com/Elliot Bassett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-bassett-aip-cpcu-84499515/Ryan Brott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-brott-cepa%C2%AE-77a278a/Steve Anderson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetn/YouTube: https://youtu.be/-xxtoGyuxWESteve's Book:The Bezos Letters: https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon/dp/1642793329Learn more about LAUNCH, a new tool for independent insurance agencies!LAUNCH: https://getlaunch.io/This episode is sponsored by LAUNCH.In the world of insurance, independent agencies fight to survive. Brokers are forced to compete by blocking markets and bid for the lowest price. Worse yet, the industry is fragmented.Agencies find it difficult to collaborate across division on the same client. Millions of dollars in potential revenue are left on the table. And agency owners lie awake at night wondering how to scale.THAT'S WHERE LAUNCH COMES IN.Access the full-revenue potential in your existing book of business. See opportunities other agencies can't. Offer more value. Gain a competitive advantage in a commoditized market.Visit https://getlaunch.io/ to learn more.

Ashton in joined by Steve Anderson, author of the internationally best-selling book, The Bezos Letters. Ashton and Steve have a fascinating dialogue on the origins of Amazon and explore how Bezos built Amazon into one of the most valuable companies in the world (while becoming the richest man in the world in the process). The two also discuss: the principles and practices underpinning Bezos's business approach and philosophy; why did Amazon prevail when so many of the other dot-com companies that it used to compete with ultimately failed; how Bezos analyzes risk and how it contributed to Amazon's success; whether Amazon will be broken-up and subject to a major antitrust lawsuit by the US Government; whether cryptocurrencies will play a role in Amazon's future; why Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post; and much more.You can learn more about Steve by visiting https://thebezosletters.com/You can purchase Steve's book, The Bezos Letters, on Amazon (of course) by clicking the following link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XHNDZW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Subscribe to Ashton Cohen: ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ashton-cohen-the-electile-dysfunction-podcast/id1565208599Subscribe to Ashton Cohen: ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6siXVSwM2OWz3itH90YRNA?si=v5MUMEpwTSG_sVGPOKHP8wSubscribe to Ashton's channel on Youtube: youtube.com/c/ashtoncohenFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theashtoncohenFollow on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8nQjHta/Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/theashtoncohenFollow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theAshtonCohen

October 5th is Double Header Tuesday at Charged Up Studio. When you hear the brand name Amazon what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it books on demand…Kindle…same-day delivery…good prices? Whatever comes to mind, unless you're living under a rock, the fact remains that Amazon has touched every adult across the globe at one point or another. Did you know that Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon began in his garage packaging and distributing by hand back in the early 90s? That isn't that long ago folks! How did Jeff manage to grow a small business out of his garage to the mega force it is today in such a short time? Well, our guest on Episode #49 of Charged Up Studio, Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters has the inside scoop. Steve Anderson is an expert in strategic risk and business growth. Drawing on decades of experience in the insurance industry, he wrote The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has become a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller. With hundreds of thousands of followers, Steve has been handpicked by LinkedIn as one of the world's most influential thought leaders. TheBezosLetters.com linkedin.com/in/stevetn Be sure to tune in to https://www.chargedupstudio.live/, Tuesday, October 5th at 9 am EDT to find out how Jeff Bezos was able to do the impossible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters - 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon >>> Visit MyQuestforTheBest.com for complete show notes and more expert advice and inspiring stories to propel your small business growth. My Quest for the Best is a top-rated small business podcast with over 300 episodes of thought-provoking and insightful interviews with today's top thought leaders and business experts. Host Bill Ringle's mission with this show is to provide the strategies, insights, and resources that will unlock the growth potential of your business through these powerful conversations. body .audioplayer.skin-wave.playerid-15702342:not(.a) .ap-controls .con-playpause .playbtn , body .audioplayer.skin-wave.playerid-15702342:not(.a) .ap-controls .con-playpause .pausebtn { background-color: #111111;} jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap15702342 = { design_skin: "skin-wave" ,autoplay: "off",disable_volume:"default" ,loop:"off" ,cue: "on" ,embedded: "off" ,preload_method:"metadata" ,design_animateplaypause:"default" ,skinwave_dynamicwaves:"off" ,skinwave_enableSpectrum:"off" ,skinwave_enableReflect:"on",settings_backup_type:"full",playfrom:"off",disable_scrub:"off","action_received_time_total":window.dzsap_send_total_time,soundcloud_apikey:"" ,skinwave_comments_enable:"on",settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_mode:"normal",skinwave_wave_mode:"canvas",pcm_data_try_to_generate: "on","pcm_notice": "off","notice_no_media": "on",design_color_bg: "111111",design_color_highlight: "ef6b13",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number: "3",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding: "1",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size: "0.25",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_mode:"normal",preview_on_hover:"off",skinwave_comments_playerid:"15702342",php_retriever:"https://myquestforthebest.com/wp-content/plugins/dzs-zoomsounds/soundcloudretriever.php" }; try{ dzsap_init(".ap_idx_29060_19",settings_ap15702342); }catch(err){ console.warn("cannot init player", err); } }); Interview Insights Top 3 Takeaways from this Interview If we are willing to experiment, we should also be willing to fail, and from this failure, we take what we learn and build from it.Business longevity relies heavily on customer satisfaction. Fixing the problem is a band-aid solution. For it not to be a repeated issue, leaders should target the cause of the problem, and fix it from the root. Read the Show Note from this Episode Steve Anderson's father was a huge inspiration to him growing up. [01:00]On his first job working in the United States Postal service, taught him that not everyone has the same standard of what a good job is. [02:54]Bezos left Wall Street to start his own business because he does not want to regret not trying to pursue his dreams. [05:01] Books came up on the top when Bezos was thinking of products to sell on Amazon because the internet has unlimited shelf space. [05:40]Other than the undeniable value of customer obsession, Amazon also values hiring employees that can implement its standards. [07:05]One of Bezos' core ideas is testing and experimenting, in fact, he talked about this in multiple letters, stressing out the importance of experimenting. [08:05]Amazon Prime is an example of a great successful experiment by Bezos and his team. [09:24]Bezos believes that what is better for the customer is also what is better for Amazon. [11:31]Steve discuss about Amazon's ‘obsessing over customers' and how this principle propels the company forward. [18;27]What separates Amazon from other companies is that it encourages employees to come up with ideas and experiment. [26:39]Part of Amazon's process management when dealing with a mistake is not fixing the problem, but fixing the cause of the problem. [30:51]Steve breaks down his goals into three separate groups:quarterly, weekly, and daily. [34:11]My Quest for the Best Lightning Round begins [45:30] Expert Bio

Steve Anderson, an expert in strategic risk and business growth, professional speaker and author of the Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow your Business like Amazon. The principles were originally extracted from Bezos's annual letters to shareholders, further analysed and split into 14 different principles which create repeatable growth cycles. Some of the principles are explained in detail in the episode. Did Amazon become the most customer-centric business in the world at the expense of their employee experience? This book is a must-read for every business major.   For more information visit https://thebezosletters.com/

Steve Anderson is the author of the bestselling book, The Bezos Letters, where he deconstructs Jeff Bezos' 21 letters to Amazon shareowners through his unique lens of risk.He provides listeners with a guide on the key takeaways and principles that Bezos leveraged in turning an online bookstore into a trillion- dollar company in just over two decades.The four cycles -- Test, Build, Accelerate and Scale, along with the 14 Principles can help any business grow like Amazon.STEVE AND I DISCUSS      • The Amazon Growth Principles that are hidden in plain sight in the Shareowner letters     • What can a small business learn from Jeff Bezos?How high-velocity decision making is key to moving fast.Wouldn't you like to have Jeff Bezos as your business mentor?Why the key to innovation is experimentation.Why Bezos is the “master of risk” and how to know when you're taking too much or not enoughWhy it's crucial that you become a customer-obsessed business and not just customer-focusedAmazon's Customer Experience Pillars and how you can implement them in your own companyHow high-velocity decision-making can catapult growth using Bezos' 2 main types of decisionsThe 4 key growth cycles that every successful company is always intentionally moving throughWhy you'll never think or grow big enough if you're not willing to risk “failure”Why the flywheel is Amazon's secret growth weaponThe Bezos Letters----------------------------------------POST A REVIEWGUEST BOOKINGS CLICK HEREFollow me on Social MediaNew Town Big Dreams podcast on FacebookInstagramLinkedinLuke Menkes Kelowna RealtorMy Personal Facebook PageSupport the show (https://paypal.me/lukemenkes)

If it's better for customers, it would be better for Amazon. Amazon's success was largely founded on this principle by its creator, Jeff Bezos. In this interview with Victoria Wieck, Steve Anderson, the best-selling author of the book The Bezos Letters, talks about how Bezos built his company based on his obsession over customers. Tackling Bezos' business model, Victoria and Steve also look into how you should take calculated risks, the importance of writing out your business plan as if it were an essay, the four cycles every business goes through, and more. Tune in and discover the growth principles Bezos has used to get to where he is now. Steve Anderson can be reached at https://www.thebezosletters.comAbout VictoriaVictoria Wieck is the epitome of the rags to riches American dream story. She immigrated from South Korea to America with her parents with only thirty dollars and has built a multi-million dollar business with over $500 million in retail sales. After a series of corporate jobs, Victoria started her own company in 1989 on a shoestring budget to spend more time with her family. She has founded several other successful businesses since then. She's worked with a wide variety of retailers world-wide ranging from major department stores to duty free stores, as well as internet and TV retailers.For the past 22 years (19 years on HSN, and 3 years on Shop HQ), Victoria has been sharing her jewelry designs with millions of viewers during her own monthly shows. She has built her highly successful business following her passion for jewelry, without sacrificing her family life. Throughout her career, she's had to invent ways to have her products consistently outperform her competition and thrive.Victoria is also the author of the science fiction novel, Shattered Sky, scheduled to be released in 2021. She completed a B.S. degree in Economics from UCLA, and an MBA with emphasis in Marketing and Finance from USC.Victoria can be reached at:Instagram: @victoriawieckjewelryFacebook: Victoria WieckPodcast: Million Dollar HobbiesWebsite: https://victoriawieck.com/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/victoriawieck

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My guest today is Karen Anderson, and she imminently qualified to talk about what it means to be successful as an author. She is a Strategic Book Coach and Associate Publisher for Morgan James Publishing (full disclosure: I am a proud literary scout for Morgan James!). Karen is also a nationally published author, a co-author on numerous books, a self-published author, a ghostwriter, and an editor. She recently co-authored with her husband, Steve, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has now been translated into 18 languages.  Karen's newest project is called Unleash the Power of Your Book. She and her business partner, Marji Ross, help already-published authors re-launch and leverage their books to increase sales and maximize revenue, no matter when the book came out. On this episode, Karen talks about various ways to define success, the biggest mistakes authors make, and the ways successful authors think differently. You can connect with Karen on Linkedin and Facebook. *** Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.  Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more! Connect with Kent:  https://DailyWriterLife.com  Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders  Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders  LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders  

My guest today is Karen Anderson, and she imminently qualified to talk about what it means to be successful as an author. She is a Strategic Book Coach and Associate Publisher for Morgan James Publishing (full disclosure: I am a proud literary scout for Morgan James!).  Karen is also a nationally published author, a co-author on numerous books, a self-published author, a ghostwriter, and an editor. She recently co-authored with her husband, Steve, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon, which has now been translated into 18 languages.   Karen's newest project is called Unleash the Power of Your Book. She and her business partner, Marji Ross, help already-published authors re-launch and leverage their books to increase sales and maximize revenue, no matter when the book came out.  On this episode, Karen talks about various ways to define success, the biggest mistakes authors make, and the ways successful authors think differently.  You can connect with Karen on Linkedin and Facebook.  ***    Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     Check out our Daily Writing Prompts, which will help you break through creative blocks, brainstorm new ideas, and get back into a state of flow. Writing prompts Writing prompts are a fantastic creative tool for creative writing, journaling, teaching, social media posts, podcasting, and more!  Connect with Kent:    https://DailyWriterLife.com    Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders    Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders    Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders   

In this episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters, a fabulous read about risk and growth through the eyes of one of today's most influential business leaders - Amazon's Jeff Bezos. We discuss plenty about goal setting, risk taking, innovation and focusing on what are the most important inputs so that you and your organization can create the most amazing outputs. Steve describes and summarizes Jeff's letters to his shareholders over the years and offers a tremendous amount of insight into Jeff's thinking about risk, growth and ultimately describes the 14 growth principles that he discovered in Jeff's letters. Steve Anderson, MA, is a trusted authority on Risk, Technology, Productivity, and Innovation and has over thirty-five years of experience in the insurance industry. He holds a master's degree in Insurance Law. Anderson is a professional speaker, writer, and “futurist.” His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. He was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. To purchase The Bezos Letters - visit: https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon/dp/1642793329/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Bezos+Letters&qid=1621976135&sr=8-1If you interested in working with the Atruity team or downloading our free e-book The Seven C's To OKR Success - click this link: https://linktr.ee/atruity

This podcast features a conversation with Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters - 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon and CEO of Catalyit, a new company that simplifies technology for insurance agencies.

In this episode, Andy interviews Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters - 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon. Listen as Steve shares the 14 Principles that have driven Amazon to becoming the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in sales. Learn and discover how you can apply these same principles to supercharge your own growth. In addition, discover what lessons Andy Splichal took from reading the book with insights geared toward eCommerce businesses including why it is essential to obsess on your customers. Steve Anderson is a sought-after speaker and influencer. He is the author of the bestselling book, The Bezos Letters where he reveals 14 principles for business growth based on the ideas and patterns that emerged when he examined Jeff Bezos' 21 annual letters to Amazon shareowners. Episode Action Items: You can reach Steve through his website www.thebezosletter.com and request a free assessment to see if you are on the path to grow your business like Amazon!

https://youtu.be/ig0p2Lwy2yY Steve Anderson, publisher of a leading industry newsletter on how to maximize your technology in investment and insurance. He recently published a best-selling book titled, The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles To Grow Your Business Like Amazon.   --- Bezos's 14 Principles with Steve Anderson Our guest is Steve Anderson, who is the president of the Amazon Network, the publisher of a leading industry newsletter on how to maximize your technology investment in insurance. He is also a member of several boards of directors and advisory boards around the insurance industry. But most importantly, recently he published a book titled The Bezos Letters, 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon. So welcome to the show, Steve. Steve, thanks for having me. It's a real pleasure. Great to have you. Steve, first of all, let me ask you, how does a person who lives their life in the insurance industry suddenly write a book about Amazon? How does that work? How does that came about? I get that question often because it isn't always intuitive, but insurance and risk management are what I've done for the last 20 years. And as you mentioned, helping insurance agents and brokers in the industry utilize technology. And as we all know, technology continues to develop really rapidly. And so a few years ago, I came up with this thought that the biggest risk businesses take is actually not taking enough risk. And this is specifically with technologies, right? So as new stuff comes, 10, 15 years ago, businesses had a couple of years to think about how it would impact their business. Today, they don't have nearly that amount of time. And so I started looking at businesses in general that were doing well with staying up with new stuff and those that didn't. Those, the companies that didn't do well, we all probably know is Blackberry and Blockbuster and Sears. I mean, there's a whole list of companies that are no longer around. I looked at companies that were doing it well and came across Amazon as one that continues to be able to invent and do new things in support of their customers. My research, I came across the shareholder letters, read a few of them, and was very impressed with the amount of information that Jeff Bezos included in there about how he does things. I ended up literally reading every letter, there were 20 at the time, as a single narrative, one right after the other. I created what I called an executive summary of each letter and I was going to give it away just as, hey, here's some good thoughts. Fortunately, my wife is in the book publishing business. I talked to her about it and she talked to a couple of friends of hers and they all said this is a book, not something just to give away. That started an 18-month plus journey of writing a book. It definitely has turned out well for me. That's awesome. So what are the secrets? And what does Bezos do that other mortals don't do? And how does he describe his process? I would say a couple of things. One is, again, from my risk management and insurance background, I call Jeff Bezos the master of risk, meaning one of the ways he has grown Amazon from a startup. And frankly, most businesses forget that he was on his hands and knees packaging books and driving them to the post office, literally like every other business owner. But he takes a very counterintuitive approach to risk-taking, to managing the business. So that's where the 14 principles that I came up with really came from. What are the things that he does and how does he go about doing it? I would say risk-taking and very counterintuitive business processes. He does things differently than most every other business I know of, that's for sure. When you're talking about risk-taking, I've worked with a lot of entrepreneurs and what I find or what I have found is that it's not so much the taking of the risk, which differentiates the successful ones, but it's more about how do they take risks and manage ...

Join Our Facebook Group Community here: http://bit.ly/sfe-community Listen to our SFE podcast - Impact Talks on Anchor or Spotify: https://startupfundingevent.com/podcast/ ... From Steve: I've always been amazed at how Bezos has been able to grow the company into the giant it is today. Being a “techie,” I came across and actually read the letters to shareholders that Jeff Bezos has written for the past 21 years. I was amazed to discover that he essentially had laid out — “hidden in plain sight” — how he has grown Amazon from a bootstrapped startup to the fastest company ever to hit $100 billion in sales — and in my opinion, that's happened primarily by how he has embraced risk. I analyzed and pulled out 14 growth principles Bezos used that can help us all become more efficient, productive, and successful. And the good news is they are applicable for businesses and organizations of almost any type and size. ... 00:00 Introduction & the book's popularity 08:10 The book's essentials 18:58 Companies and Failures & Innovating 32:20 Monopolies & Marketplaces 47:20 Licensing for Amazon 51:34 The first steps to start innovating and disrupt business models 01:03:05 How important is education for innovating and scaling? 01:09:27 Alibaba vs Amazon 01:14:44 Why is Jeff Bezos so successful? Characteristic 01:19:35 What principles of the book have you applied to your business? 01:25:20 Philosophies when hiring at Amazon & Automation 01:38:40 Other innovating and inventing companies 01:41:50 Closing ... We bring inspiring startups and world-class founders on 1 stage to pitch for our Innovation Funding Award. Be part of our next event full of inspiration and great ideas! Get a FREE VIP Ticket for our next event: http://www.startupfundingevent.com Created by https://www.lightningvideoeditors.com

Jeff Bezos's letter to shareholders had hidden in plain sight the principles they had used to grow. Steve is even more convinced than when published that the principles can apply. Steve Anderson is  The author of “The Bezos Letters”, 14 principles to grow your business like Amazon and he will share his thoughts about Dynamic Invention   You'll Learn: Amazon process that helps you decide to move forward The Structure Narrative Jeff Bezos' mindset The power of intuition and wandering How to implement Amazon's customer obsession  

Jeff Bezos's letter to shareholders had hidden in plain sight the principles they had used to grow. Steve is even more convinced than when published that the principles can apply. Steve Anderson is  The author of “The Bezos Letters”, 14 principles to grow your business like Amazon and he will share his thoughts about Dynamic Invention   You'll Learn: Amazon process that helps you decide to move forward The Structure Narrative Jeff Bezos' mindset The power of intuition and wandering How to implement Amazon's customer obsession  

Jeff Bezos's letter to shareholders had hidden in plain sight the principles they had used to grow. Steve is even more convinced than when published that the principles can apply. Steve Anderson is  The author of “The Bezos Letters”, 14 principles to grow your business like Amazon and he will share his thoughts about Dynamic Invention   You'll Learn: Invention VS Innovation The process of Invention The tools for Invention Why you need to Experiment  

Jeff Bezos's letter to shareholders had hidden in plain sight the principles they had used to grow. Steve is even more convinced than when published that the principles can apply. Steve Anderson is  The author of “The Bezos Letters”, 14 principles to grow your business like Amazon and he will share his thoughts about Dynamic Invention   You'll Learn: Invention VS Innovation The process of Invention The tools for Invention Why you need to Experiment  

In this episode, I interview Steve Anderson, publisher of a leading industry newsletter on how to maximize your technology in investment and insurance. He recently published a best-selling book titled, The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles To Grow Your Business Like Amazon.   Time Stamps [00:55] How Steve utilized his insurance expertise to successfully write a book about Amazon [01:29] The biggest risk businesses take is actually not taking enough risks [03:18] What makes Jeff Bezos unique [04:33] Taking calculated risks while protecting your downside [06:10] How Amazon employees get more focus by being obsessed with their customers [08:56] Jeff Bezos' long-term thinking [10:20] Amazon's business management blueprint [13:09] Growth principles that can really help grow small to medium-sized businesses [15:17] What Amazon does to create Jim Collins's “flywheel effect” [18:51] The four key growth cycles that every successful company is constantly moving through [21:30] How to simplify complexity [25:33] The high-velocity decision-making process [27:53] The essence of having small teams  [28:34] The two types of decisions in Amazon [30:45] Amazon's hiring process [32:35] The main idea behind the customer experience pillar [35:40] Jeff Bezos' commitment to zero emissions and driving change    Links and Resources: The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon Steve Anderson's website Steve's EOS blog TractionEquity.com https://StevePreda.com

Technology and Risk expert Steve Anderson is author of The Bezos Letters, a book that examines the 14 Growth Principles contained within the annual letters that the Founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos has written to his shareholders for the past 20 years.The book offers a fascinating insight into how Bezos turned an online bookstore into a trillion dollar company in just over two decades. Amazon is the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in sales and they didn't reach that landmark by staying in their comfort zone. Risk taking is the key that unlocked the door to growth at Amazon, but those risks were (and are) intentional, calculated, and strategic. As Thomas Edison said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." and Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has always linked experimentation and failure with growth and success. Now, as a result of Steve's book, business owners, leaders, CEOs, employees, and managers can apply these same principles to grow their own businesses and become more efficient, productive, and successful. Risk expert Steve Anderson has spent his 35+ year career helping the insurance industry understand, integrate, and leverage current and emerging technologies. He has spoken in all 50 states of the US, as well as internationally, and addressed companies like SAFECO, AAA, and Nationwide. He is on the faculty of credentialing organisations teaching thousands of professionals annually and is a writer/contributor to multiple publications. Steve has a Master's Degree in Insurance Law, and was personally invited to be an original LinkedIn thought leader/influencer where he now has over 340,000 followers. He also is a Top 20 Global InsurTech Influencer. (Entrepreneur Spotlight) ABOUT THE HOST: Jane Bayler is a serial entrepreneur, investor, speaker, event host and business scale up expert. She had a 20 year history in global media and advertising, before becoming a serial entrepreneur herself, with multiple businesses in real estate, marketing and education. Having grown and sold a £6M brand identity business to US communications group Interpublic, today she is most passionate about and committed to serving other entrepreneurs – helping them grow their businesses and achieve their best lives.  Enquire about working 1:1 with Jane, book a call here: https://bit.ly/2Z07DML Discover Jane's Ideal Client Success Accelerator Programme here: www.idealclientsuccess.com/masterclass

https://steveanderson.com (Steve Anderson) is an IT risk consultant, speaker, and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author of https://thebezosletters.com (The Bezos Letters). Host Nick Nanton and Steve talk about the 14 principles grouped into four cycles that Bezos references in his shareholder letters, Amazon's culture of experimenting and inventing, and creating meaningful differentiation through Amazon Go and Kindle. Nick and Steve also discuss understanding your flywheel — Amazon's secret sauce for to making their business grow, and the incremental differences between type one and type two decisions. Timestamps:1:13: Who is Steve Anderson — in his own words 4:25: Return on risk 6:36: Encourage successful failures 13:41: Meaningful differentiation 20:13: Culture of innovation 21:55: Creating customer obsession 25:52: Share-owners not shareholders 28:39: Understand your flywheel 31:33: Generating high-velocity decisions 35:02: Only hire people you admire 40:08: Always show up and believe it's day one Resources:https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon/dp/1642793329 ("The Bezos Letters") https://www.amazon.com/Future-Faster-Than-You-Think/dp/1982109661 (Peter Diamandis “The Future Is Faster Than You Think”) https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996 (Jim Collins “Good to Great”) https://resources.strategiccoach.com/quarterly-books/whonothow (Dan Sullivan “Who Not How") Connect With Nick Nanton:http://www.nicknanton.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/Nicknanton (Facebook) http://twitter.com/nicknanton (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicknanton (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWOvnpNMTX4pKVIi234pOTg (YouTube)

How well do you know your customer experience?  Have any of your friends, family, neighbors, enemies or old middle school teachers ever tried to buy your product? Where were the sticking points? If you don't know, you should. If you want to be as successful as Amazon, you need a frictionless customer experience. So says Steve Anderson, Author of “The Bezos Letters,” who came on the show today to go some of the 14 principles for Amazon's success he uncovered going through Bezos' letters to shareholders. -------- Join Sangram's "Becoming Intentional" newsletter, read by over 10,000 leaders, for a 1-minute read on how to lead professionally, grow personally, and live fully. Only available on LinkedIn.

What if you could sit down with the world's richest man and learn the principles that helped his business be so successful? That might not be possible, but on today's episode we're going to do the next best thing. You'll learn from two authors who have written a book about those principles and how to use them to grow your business. Their names are Steve & Karen Anderson, and they've written a fun and insightful book called The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon. They also happen to be husband and wife! Steve is an expert in strategic risk and business growth, and Karen is a strategic book coach and Associate Publisher of Morgan James Publishing. Steve and Karen are going to share some lessons from Amazon on risk, innovation, failure, and much more. You'll also learn some lessons from their experience in writing and marketing the book. They have done a fantastic job with the book's promotion, so we have a lot to learn from them. You can learn more about The Bezos Letters on the website for the book, which is https://thebezosletters.com. You can find Steve on Facebook and LinkedIn. You can connect with Karen on Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as her website, https://www.strategicbookcoach.com/. You can find the full show notes here: https://kentsanders.net/164 Need a ghostwriter for your next project? Learn more here: https://inkwellghostwriting.com. *** If you enjoyed this episode, we'd love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more people discover the show, which helps us create better content and resources. Subscribe and grab your free gift: https://kentsanders.net/subscribe Follow Kent: Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders

Adaptability, Assessments, and CoachingNick Nanton sits down with https://twitter.com/the_aq_guy?lang=en (Ross Thornley), the CEO and co-founder of https://aqai.io/early-access/ (AQai). This purpose-driven conversation touches upon Ross' three key attributes — adaptability, assessments, and coaching. Ross, a relentlessly curious individual, discusses the possible outcomes of working remotely in a post-COVID-19 world — and how humans are built to adapt even in the most dire of situations. Timestamps:6:45: Adaptability for children and adults 13:27: Humans are built to adapt 17:01: Reliance on robots and changes in work philosophy 20:33: Adaptability and AQ: Is change scary? 30:57: Experimentation and having a clean slate 44:57: Resetting your opportunities 55:57: What Ross is reading and watching that brings value Resources:https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-model (Gino Wickman's EOS) https://www.amazon.com/Double-Your-Revenue-Profit-Years/dp/1608320995 (Cameron Herold's Double Double) https://thebezosletters.com/ (The Bezos Letters) https://www.moonshotinnovation.co.uk/ (Moonshot Innovation) Connect with Nick Nanton:http://www.nicknanton.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/Nicknanton (Facebook) http://twitter.com/nicknanton (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicknanton (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWOvnpNMTX4pKVIi234pOTg (YouTube)

You know that I love a good business book. But I'm also very picky about who I have on this show to talk about their books. Because if it didn't really make an impact on me, then I'm not going to bring them on to go deep into the subject matter of the book. But this author truly changed the game for me this year. I've implemented a lot of the principles found in this book “The Bezos Letters” and our company has grown exponentially and we're on track to double our revenue again this year. I'm super excited to bring Steve Anderson, author of the book “The Bezos Letters”, to the show today. Jeff Bezos is the founder of one of the world's most valuable companies and Amazon was the fastest company to reach $100 billion in sales ever. Whatever your opinion is of Amazon, whatever your opinion is of Jeff Bezos, I want you to go into this with an open mind and understand that if you have a business or want to start a business, don't you want to learn from a company that was the fastest company to reach $100 billion in sales ever? Because there's a lot of good lessons in here for you regardless of what type of business you have. If you enjoy the episode, please be sure to take a screenshot and share it out on Instagram and tag me - @SunnyLenarduzzi and I'll be sure to share your comments and big takeaways on my Instagram Stories as well. Also, please make sure to give us a review on iTunes (or Google Play, Stitcher, Android, TuneIn, Spotify). You can find the Show Notes for this episode HERE ____________________________________________ RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Apply to The Authority Accelerator program to see if you qualify Sign up for Sunny's Free YouTube Training here “The Bezos Letters” by Steve Anderson (BOOK) Free Assessment: Discover How to Grow Your Business Like Amazon! (FREE ASSESSMENT) $8 MILLION AN HOUR? (#1 LESSON FROM A BILLIONAIRE) (VIDEO) GIVING IT ALL AWAY FOR FREE (VIDEO) “Trying is lying”. Check our podcast Episode 098 “Insane Story of How Intuition Led to Working With ICONS Like Usher & J.Lo with Walid Azami” Sunny's Authority Accelerator Program. Wanna kill it on YouTube? Team Sunny is accepting applications now to work with us in a small group. Apply here to see if you qualify. Sign up to my FREE TRAINING on How to 100x Your Subscriber Base and Double Your Revenue Using YouTube. Sunny Lenarduzzi's YouTube Channel _____________________________________________ Say hi to Sunny Lenarduzzi on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunnyLenarduzzi/ Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/sunnylenarduzzi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SunnyLenarduzzi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SunnyLenarduzzi Instagram: http://instagram.com/sunnylenarduzzi/   Sign up to my FREE TRAINING on How to 100x Your Subscriber Base and Double Your Revenue Using YouTube.   Listen to The Sunny Show Podcast here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Android TuneIn Spotify  

Steve Anderson, MA, is a trusted authority on risk, technology, productivity, and innovation. He has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry. He is also the author of The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon (Morgan James , September 2019). Anderson is a professional speaker, writer, and “futurist.” His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. He was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. For the past two decades he has served as the president of The Anderson Network. Prior to that, he served eight years as Vice President of Cadenhead Shreffler Insurance, and 12 years at Gilbride Insurance Agency. He is a Certified Insurance Counselor with numerous honors earned including #10 Influencer to Know in the World of Insurtech; Insurance's Top 100 Individual Influencers on Twitter; and an Insurance Automaton Award recipient. He serves as the co-chair for Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America's ACT API Workgroup. For the past quarter-century, he has been a member of the faculty for The National Alliance for Insurance Education Research. He has co-hosted The Digital Broker Podcast over the past year and a half. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Economics from Taylor University and a Master's Degree in Legal Studies with an emphasis in Insurance Law from University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law. Steve and his wife, Karen, have two married daughters, and seven young grandchildren. They live in historic Franklin, Tennessee. For more information, please consult: www.thebezosletters.com

What are the stages of business growth? Is your goal fast business acceleration? Listen to today's episode to learn about Amazon's rapid growth. Steve Anderson, author of “The Bezos Letters”. More info, book, bonuses: Amazingfba.com/Bezosletters  What are the most important principles for fast scaling businesses?
 They are all important. They stand on their own and interact. Hardest may be Principle 6 -the Flywheel  Early 2001, after the Dot Com bubble, Jim Collins published a book October 2001 Good to Great. He was invited to Amazon by Bezos to talk about the book. He focussed on Chapter 8 in the book, the Flywheel.  Collins found that great companies were great at building and articulating their flywheel. The “S” team actually sketched out the core flywheel for Amazon. It's on the site and in the book. It's about the flywheel - it is heavy and takes a lot of effort to get moving. But once it's moving, it tends to keep moving as long as you keep feeding it energy. At the centre of Amazon, the flywheel was growth.  The energy inputs were: Get customers Great customer experience More customers More sales More negotiation power with manufacturers to lower price Add marketplaces - more sellers They are still trying to feed that same flywheel today. Any business should sketch out its flywheel. It may be something different and contribute to the stages of business growth. The concept applies to any type of business. How to apply this? What is your core? For Amazon it was growth. From the beginning, Bezos felt they had to grow rapidly. They reinvested profits into building traffic and fulfilment infrastructure. Then - what do you do today or can do that will help with that growth?  How do I bring customers to my site? Or my Amazon listing? Maybe it's advertising now. How do I build that customer base? How can I continue that growth? 
What other streams of income can I add to the business? It takes time. It will probably take several months. Jim Collins updated chapter 8 in 2019. He published a monograph on the flywheel. He talks about businesses he has worked with on the flywheel. He also did an interview with Tim Ferriss. Particular principles In Growth cycles and stages of business growth. TEST Encourage successful failure in the stages of business growth. How does it look in practice for a scaling e-commerce business? The concept is that you WILL fail - how will you respond to failure? And if employees fail? Bezos says that Amazon is the best place to fail as an employee because they don't punish failure. It's not about incompetence. Incompetence is not tolerated at Amazon. But failed outcomes are. What is risk-averse? What is too risky? Calculated risk. ACCELERATE High-velocity decisions in the stages of business growth. The 6-page memo “Slowing down to speed up”. (This applies to type 2 decisions as well) They have some tools. If they call a meeting to move forward. Powerpoint and keynote presentation is banned. Instead, the meeting leader puts out a 6-page memo. Including things like: - Frequently asked questions. - Write out a future press release. It is also not sent out ahead of the meeting; it is handed out DURING the meeting - everyone has time to read it. Bezos says that a good memo probably takes a week. The memo never has names on it - it comes from a team/dept. Also part of what you get in the memo is how the customer will benefit. Brief and debrief The memo is what we thought we would do. Here's what actually happened. Which principle tends to get neglected by scaling companies? Principle 14 - it's always Day One It's so important to Jeff Bezos. He ends “As is my habit, I attach a copy of my 1998 letter” I believe it's always Day One. It's the name of the main building. He wants employees, customers, shareholders to understand that the mindset is: It's alw...

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Steve Anderson joins me to talk about his new book, The Bezos Letters. 

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Apply the practical principles of Amazon's corporate growth strategy in your business. Listen to today's episode and grow your business like Amazon. Steve Anderson, is the author of the new book “The Bezos Letters, 14 Principles to Grow your business like Amazon”. For More info, book, bonuses click below: Amazingfba.com/Bezosletters  Why this book?  Been in the insurance industry. Last 20 years, looking at emerging technology.  The biggest risk for all businesses is not taking risks correctly.  The growth of software has made it hard to evaluate opportunities.  Eg: Kodak, Blockbuster - missed innovation.  Amazon was excellent at dealing with correct risk with technology and corporate growth strategy.  Steve started reading the Bezos letters. Hidden in plain sight were principles Bezos had used to grow their corporate growth strategy.  Evaluation of the Amazon “Business opportunity” What is it from a business/investing 100,000-foot view?  Starting any business implies - What are your objectives/why do this?      - Goal setting - Comparing business vs. Any investments     - Eg: own business vs. The property, stock market, bonds, forex etc.  - Compare online to offline businesses - Ecommerce vs. Info marketing and consulting     - In-person      - And mastermind  Amazon Marketplace Let's start with the Amazon marketplace. It was a radical idea in the early 2000s. There was strong internal opposition. Putting 3rd party sellers against Amazon right next door.  Evaluation of whether the marketplace is right for you, you should understand why the 3rd party marketplace exists.  
It's about customer obsession. If 3rd party sellers can sell something amazon can't or for a better price, that actually means because customers benefit, long term Amazon benefits.   It was actually the 3rd iteration of the marketplace  1st one - Auctions -  tried to compete with eBay. This failed.  Z shops were on a separate site and log in. This failed too.  The third version is the marketplace. This worked amazingly well in their corporate growth strategy.  The opportunity is you don't have to build an online process - infrastructure development.  On the other hand, if you don't understand how Amazon sees the customer, you may be misguided.  It's their party You're playing on someone else's corporate growth strategy platform.  But Amazon is always in the news with the marketplace and 3rd party sellers - they use the info from 3rd party sellers to find possible product lines.  It's about a balance between risk and reward.  How to evaluate risk vs. Reward? Do what Amazon does which is to experiment! “Successful Failure” is principle #1.  Amazon experiments all the time with new products and services. They have a reasonable expectation of success but they didn't know the answer.  Amazon is an inventive company - and the reason why is that failure is not a career-ending move.  It's like learning to walk! People don't really fear failure; they fear the consequences of failure. There is less to lose when you start. 2018 Letter Jeff Bezos talks about growing the size of failures as Amazon grows. 
“We need $1B failures!”  How to evaluate Amazon as a platform? Expertise The first thing is your expertise or skill sets.  The same applies to property or Forex for example.  The other question is: What skills am I willing to learn?  
Return for time and money in. Nothing is risk-free. There is no reward without risk.  That comes back to your risk mindset/risk tolerance.  And also your “return on risk”. If I take this risk, what could be the return?  Risk analysis How can you protect the downside? The downsides of being on Amazon Marketplace is getting cut off by Amazon.  So if you have identified a risk, what can you do to protect the downside?  4 Growth Cycles - what are they? Test Build Accelerate Scale

About This Episode: Steve Anderson, MA, is a trusted authority on Risk, Technology, Productivity, and Innovation and has over thirty-five years of experience in the insurance industry. He holds a master's degree in Insurance Law. Anderson is a professional speaker, writer, and “futurist.” His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. He was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. Steve and his wife, Karen, have two married daughters, but more importantly, they have seven amazing young grandchildren and can't help but wonder if one (or more) of them may end up going into space. Steve's latest book is the bestseller, "The Bezos Letters."   Find out more about Steve at: The Bezos Letters Steve on LinkedInhttps://thebezosletters.com/   See the Show Notes: www.jeremyryanslate.com/627   Sponsors: Man Amongst Men Podcast: there's another podcast I think you should listen to. It's called Man Amongst Men and the hosts tackle problems that men never talk about but secretly struggle with like sex, purpose, and success. After you're done with today's episode, search for and listen to Man Amongst Men on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.  Audible: Get a free 30 day free trial and 1 free audiobook from thousands of available books. Right now I'm reading "Extreme Ownership," by Jocko Willink head over to www.jeremyryanslate.com/book 

About This Episode: Steve Anderson, MA, is a trusted authority on Risk, Technology, Productivity, and Innovation and has over thirty-five years of experience in the insurance industry. He holds a master's degree in Insurance Law. Anderson is a professional speaker, writer, and “futurist.” His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. He was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. Steve and his wife, Karen, have two married daughters, but more importantly, they have seven amazing young grandchildren and can't help but wonder if one (or more) of them may end up going into space. Steve's latest book is the bestseller, "The Bezos Letters."   Find out more about Steve at: The Bezos Letters Steve on LinkedInhttps://thebezosletters.com/   See the Show Notes: www.jeremyryanslate.com/627   Sponsors: Man Amongst Men Podcast: there's another podcast I think you should listen to. It's called Man Amongst Men and the hosts tackle problems that men never talk about but secretly struggle with like sex, purpose, and success. After you're done with today's episode, search for and listen to Man Amongst Men on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.  Audible: Get a free 30 day free trial and 1 free audiobook from thousands of available books. Right now I'm reading "Extreme Ownership," by Jocko Willink head over to www.jeremyryanslate.com/book 

Today's guest is Steve Anderson, who has spent over 35 years shaping the insurance industry through a deeper understanding of emerging technologies and how businesses today can best integrate and leverage them. Steve is a sought-after speaker and influencer. He is also the author of the widely-anticipated book The Bezos Letters, where he reveals 14 principles for business growth based on the ideas and patterns that emerged when he examined Jeff Bezos' 21 annual letters to Amazon shareholders. Steve is here today to share some of the key insights he discovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear this interview with Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters. He shares tips on growing your company using the same principles used by Amazon. He has spent spent over 35 years shaping the insurance industry through a deeper understanding of emerging technologies and how businesses today can best integrate and leverage them. He is a sought-after speaker and influencer. His book reveals 14 principles for business growth based on the ideas and patterns that emerged when he examined Jeff Bezos' 21 annual letters to Amazon shareholders. Learn more at: www.SteveAnderson.com. Check out some of Steve's great resources at: www.TheBezosLetters.com/NancyGaines

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“Day 2 is … followed by death. That's why It will always be day 1 at Amazon.” — Jeff Bezos Here it is: The final chapter of our 4-part series on Jeff Bezos' letters to his shareholders. We saved the best for last. In this #FlipMyFunnel podcast, we unpack Bezos' philosophy of day 1. There's never been a day 2 at Amazon. Bezos has made sure of that. He knows that to be successful, you have to double down on customer delight and eliminate inefficient processes. There are 3 specific ways that Bezos ensures there will never ever be day 2 at Amazon, and Sangram and James unpacked them all right here.

If there's anybody in the world you should learn from, Jeff Bezos should be one of them. Bezos has grown Amazon to be the most valuable company in the world and from that, he's also the richest man in the world. Success leaves clues -- And since Amazon is a public company, Bezos has left a carefully articulated set of clues that dates back to Amazon's inception -- Amazon's annual letters to shareholders. Every year Bezos writes a 1-3 page letter to his shareholders where he reports on the progress their making at Amazon as well as his predictions for the future. Below is a list of the five things that I took away from the letters: 1. It's all about the long-term 2. Customer obsession 3. Benjamin Graham worldview 4. Radical cult-like culture 5. The Darwinian reality of surviving in nature I explain all of these in detail in the podcats -- make sure you hear it in full because there's a lot of gold nuggets you don't want to miss! Also, I compiled all of the letters from 1997-2017 for you into one easy-to-read pdf which you can download for free here: https://www.consulting.com/channel/5-profound-lessons-i-learned-from-reading-jeff-bezos-letters-to-amazon-shareholders