by John Rossman | May 6, 2014 | Blog
In the widely discussed “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTICIPATORY PACKAGE SHIPPING” patent, a method for anticipating customer demand from past behavior, and then starting the delivery of the order before the customer hit’s the “buy” button, the underlying question is...
by John Rossman | Aug 30, 2014 | Blog
On-AMZN: This was part of the interview I did with CNBC for the Amazon Rising documentary. Randy Miller and I discussed the demanding, quick-witted nature of working at Amazon, and especially the interactions with Jeff Bezos. The key message is that Jeff Bezos...
by John Rossman | Aug 29, 2014 | Blog
On-AMZN: I launched and scaled the third party(3p) selling business for Amazon in 2002, creating digital disruption beyond Amazon’s core retail business. The 3P business now accounts for over 40% of all units sold at Amazon and has over 2 million 3P sellers....
by John Rossman | Aug 17, 2014 | Blog
Jeff Bezos took the ALS ice bucket challenge at the Amazon employee all hands meeting. Jeff does a great job at walking through options he considered for the challenge, but then ends up with three classics from a show that was an inspiration to him. ...
by John Rossman | May 6, 2014 | Blog
Ed Park posted some great ideas on re/code entitled What Health Care Can Learn From Amazon (https://on.recode.net/1bV3HjI) . It’s a great start to the lessons the US Health Care system can learn from Amazon. The key ideas outlined include putting the customer first...