Jeff Bezos Doubled Productivity At Amazon In Its Infancy By Simply Buying A Table: 'The Most Brilliant Idea I've Ever Heard'
Jeff Bezos Doubled Productivity At Amazon In Its Infancy By Simply Buying A Table: 'The Most Brilliant Idea I've Ever Heard'
Jeff Bezos, once disclosed, how in the early days of Amazon.com, a straightforward suggestion from a tired employee dramatically increased the company's productivity.
傑夫·貝佐斯曾透露，在亞馬遜公司早期，一位疲憊不堪的員工提出的簡單建議大大提高了公司的生產力。
What Happened: During a discussion with Economic Club president David M. Rubenstein on Sept. 13, 2018, Bezos recounted an incident from Amazon's infancy.
發生的事情：2018年9月13日，在與經濟俱樂部主席大衛·M·魯賓斯坦的討論中，貝佐斯回顧了亞馬遜創業初期的一件事情。
The former CEO and founder of Amazon stated that he spent the first month of the company's existence, he and his employees used to pack boxes on their hands and knees on hard cement floors.
亞馬遜公司的前任CEO和創始人貝佐斯表示，公司成立的第一個月裏，他和員工們曾在堅硬的水泥地板上手膝並用地包裝箱子。
Jeff Bezos Once Picked Up The Phone And Called Amazon Customer Support To Make A Point And Set Off 'Whole Chain Of Events': Here's Why
傑夫·貝佐斯曾經親自撥打亞馬遜客服電話以引起壓力位並引發“整個事件”的起因：以下是原因
One day, Bezos looked up and said, "We could really use some knee pads," because his knees were hurting, after which the person kneeling next to him promptly said, "Actually, we could really use a packing table."
有一天，貝佐斯抬起頭說：“我們真的需要一些護膝”，因爲他的膝蓋疼痛，緊接着跪在他旁邊的人立即說：“實際上，我們真的需要一個包裝桌子。”
While recalling this encounter in 2018, Bezos said, "I was like that's the most brilliant idea I've ever heard and the next day I went and bought packing tables. It like doubled our productivity."
在2018年回憶起這次遭遇時，貝佐斯說：“我覺得那是我聽過的最聰明的想法，第二天我就去買了包裝桌。它讓我們的生產力翻倍了。”
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Why It Matters: Founded on July 5, 1994, Amazon currently has a market cap of $1.939 trillion. The company went public on May 15, 1997, with shares initially priced at $18 each.
爲什麼它很重要：亞馬遜成立於1994年7月5日，目前的市值爲1.939萬億美元。公司於1997年5月15日上市，股票初始價格爲18美元。
In April, Amazon reported its first-quarter result, with net sales of $143.3 billion, up 13% year-over-year, beating the Street consensus estimate of $142.5 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
四月份，亞馬遜公佈了其第一季度業績，淨銷售額爲1,433億美元，同比增長13％，超過了Benzinga Pro的街道共識預期的1,425億美元的數據。
Last week, a leaked internal document indicated that Amazon's original business of selling books, which dates back to its founding in 1994, has seen a resurgence, with sales reaching $16.9 billion in the first 10 months of 2022.
上週，一份泄露的內部文件表明，亞馬遜最初的業務——銷售圖書，迎來了復甦，在2022年前十個月的銷售額達到了169億美元。
Bezos, who resigned as Amazon's CEO in 2021, is currently ranked second on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index with a net worth of $209 billion.
作爲亞馬遜的前CEO，貝佐斯目前在彭博億萬富翁指數上排名第二，淨資產爲2090億美元。
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