Amazon became the world's second trillion-dollar company in 2018 after Apple.
Amazon hired Colin in 1998. His experience in the senior leadership team includes two years as Chief of Staff aka Jeff Bezos’ Shadow.
Colin led a period of unmatched innovation that produced Kindle, Amazon Prime, Echo and Alexa, as well as Amazon Web Services. In this session, we will look at Amazon's operations, scaling, innovation, leadership principles, and Amazon's founding characteristics: customer obsession, long-term thinking, and eagerness to invent.
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Working Backwards
Co-Founder
Colin Bryar joined Amazon in 1998 — four years after its founding — and spent the next 12 years as part of Amazon’s senior leadership team as Amazon grew from a domestic (US-only) seller of books to a global, multi-dimensional powerhouse and innovator. For two of his years at Amazon, Colin was “Chief of Staff” to Jeff Bezos, AKA “Jeff’s shadow”, during which he spent each day attending meeting…
Colin Bryar joined Amazon in 1998 — four years after its founding — and spent the next 12 years as part of Amazon’s senior leadership team as Amazon grew from a domestic (US-only) seller of books to a global, multi-dimensional powerhouse and innovator. For two of his years at Amazon, Colin was “Chief of Staff” to Jeff Bezos, AKA “Jeff’s shadow”, during which he spent each day attending meetings, traveling with, and discussing business and life with Jeff. After Amazon, he and his family relocated to Singapore for two years where Colin served as Chief Operating Officer of e-commerce company RedMart, which was subsequently sold to Alibaba. Colin is co-founder of Working Backwards LLC where he coaches executives at both large and early-stage companies on how to implement the management practices developed at Amazon.
Open Solutions Global
Director
With almost 30 years of growing businesses under her belt, Patrycja is now supporting the growth of other businesses.
Blue-chip companies include Lego, BMW, Scania, as well as the armed forces, and government agencies. Her expertise lies in leveraging technology to enable growth.
She founded Open Solutions Global, a boutique consulting firm, to assist growth-oriented companies and innovative start-ups. Founder of London Business Academy, and Chapter Director for Startup Grind, supporting tech ecosystems in Leeds and the North East of England.
She believes empathy and a full understanding of clients' needs are essential to building successful partnerships.
Open Solutions Global
Chapter Director
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Floe
Events and Community Management
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Woods & Walker
Digital Lead
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