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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
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Summary

Colin Bryar and Bill Carr's account of Amazon's management system as it actually ran: six-page narratives, PR/FAQ memos, working backwards from the customer, and the discipline of the bar raiser.

For founders

Written by two longtime Amazon executives, it is the rare insider account of the operating machinery — not the culture myths. Armstrong recommends it as a working manual, and the PR/FAQ discipline it describes is directly usable by any founder at any stage.

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