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Focus on Big Things That Won't Change in Ten Years

Entrepreneurs should focus energy on the big things that won't change over ten years because their stability marks them as worth investing in—in Amazon retail those are low prices, fast delivery, and big selection, since no customer will ever wish for higher prices or slower delivery—while dedicated separate teams handle the small 'paper cut' customer-experience deficiencies that the big-thing teams never reach.

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Speaker

Jeff Bezos

Evidence Quote

we call those paper cuts. We make long lists of them. And then we have dedicated teams that go fix paper cuts

Source

Jeff BezosLex Fridman Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:34:03 AM

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