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The Founders’ List: Amazon’s 14 Leadership Principles
The NFX Team ·@NFX
Mar 2021
Amazon Leadership Founders' List NFX

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This is The Founders’ List – audio versions of essays from technology’s most important leaders, selected by the Founder community.

Amazon has and operates by its own set of leadership principles–a set of principles referred to during company decision-making, problem-solving, simple brainstorming, and even hiring.

Here are the 14 leadership principles Amazon workers refer to on a daily basis:

  1. Customer Obsession
  2. Ownership
  3. Invent and Simplify
  4. Are Right, A Lot
  5. Learn and Be Curious
  6. Hire and Develop the Best
  7. Insist on the Highest Standards
  8. Think Big
  9. Bias for Action
  10. Frugality
  11. Earn Trust
  12. Dive Deep
  13. Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit
  14. Deliver Results

Visit the Founders’ List Here.

Read the Memo Here.

Nominate Your Favorite Essay

Each week, we’ll be releasing a new audio essay or memo selected by the Founder community. Nominations are rolling, and can be submitted by visiting – founderslist.nfx.com

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