TEDTalks Jeff Bezos, After the Gold Rush, There's Innovation Ahead /
The dotcom boom and bust is often compared to the Gold Rush, but in this TEDTalk Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos explains that it was really more like the early days of the electric industry - and that there's a lot more innovation ahead of us than there is behind us. Today, Amazon.com is arguabl...
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Streaming video (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | The dotcom boom and bust is often compared to the Gold Rush, but in this TEDTalk Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos explains that it was really more like the early days of the electric industry - and that there's a lot more innovation ahead of us than there is behind us. Today, Amazon.com is arguably the standard by which customers judge all Web businesses. Known for reliability and customer service, Amazon.com also introduced a wide range of online retail conventions, from user reviews and one-click shopping to the tab interface and shopping cart icon. "If the Internet was the new rock and roll, Jeff Bezos... was its Elvis... [Today he's] the ultimate dotcom survivor," says BBCNews.com. |
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| Item Description: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on January 28, 2012. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (17 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
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| Audience: | 9 & up. |
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