Transformative inventions often empower others' creativity
“The most radical and transformative of inventions are often those that empower others to unleash their creativity – to pursue their dreams.”
Investing
Jeff Bezos's 2011 letter to Amazon shareholders, one of the letters in Day 1: The Amazon Shareholder Letters, 1997–2020.
Self-service lets improbable ideas get tried
“When a platform is self-service, even the improbable ideas can get tried, because there’s no expert gatekeeper ready to say ‘that will never work!’”