IML Ep 6: Amazon + Bezos: What's Next and Why It Matters

Innovation Minutes Live

Is Amazon going to eventually take over the world? Is there anything Jeff Bezos doesn't have his hands in? Are you tired of talking about Bezos and Amazon?? In this week's episode of Innovation Minutes Live, we're talking about the future and significance of Amazon and its fearless leader. Here's what we cover in this week's episode: Jeff Bezos' current and future projects How Amazon powers a huge chunk of the internet How Amazon Prime is slowly being integrated into our everyday shopping experience and what the future of Prime looks like What's the endgame for Bezos? Where will Amazon be in 10 years? Is Jeff Bezos a modern day Rockefeller / Carnegie creating an empire, or does he lack focus? Is the payoff we get from Amazon as consumers — convenience, ease, and savings — enough to make us forgive the fact that it squashes competition and makes less room for small businesses? OR is Amazon actually an important enabler of small entrepreneurs? Can startups and large companies alike see Amazon as anything other than a threat? Plus, we discuss what's exciting us in the world of technology and innovation this week: natural language processing and the best of Nextdoor.