TIP716: The Power of Customer Obsession: Amazon’s Secret Weapon w/ Kyle Grieve 6d3p6n

On today’s episode, Kyle Grieve explores the DNA of Amazon by tracing Jeff Bezos’s early influences, strategic decisions, and relentless focus on customer experience, revealing how a bold vision and founder-led culture built one of the most dominant businesses in history. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:12 - How Bezos’s childhood brilliance helped forged Amazon’s DNA. 03:22 - Why self-reliance helped Bezos repeatedly invent out of failure. 06:02 - How DE Shaw inspired Amazon’s hiring bar and secretive innovations. 14:18 - Why founder-led companies tripled returns vs peers from 1990–2014. 17:07 - How Amazon used reviews to build trust and boost Amazon’s moat. 24:20 - How one-click ordering deepened customer loyalty and competitive defensibility. 41:05 - The importance of Amazon Prime and how it affected customer churn and loyalty. 51:51 - How AWS was born. 54:27 - How Amazon has used its scale and competitive positioning to acquire competitors. And so much more! Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Clay and a select group of ionate value investors for a retreat in Big Sky, Montana. Learn more here. the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community . Read The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon here. Read Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos here. Read Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, ion, and Purpose here. Follow Kyle on X and LinkedIn. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Get smarter about valuing businesses in just a few minutes each week through our newsletter, The Intrinsic Value Newsletter. Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Follow our official social media s: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. 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. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS our free podcast by ing our sponsors: SimpleMining Hardblock Found AnchorWatch Fundrise DeleteMe CFI Education The Bitcoin Way Vanta Shopify Indeed Onramp HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! 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! our show by becoming a member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.ingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices our show by becoming a member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.ingcast.fm 6qj2t