An Insider's Guide to Amazon’s Methods: Working Backwards to Build Breakthrough Products
A member of Jeff Bezos' leadership team, Bill Carr will be sharing highlights from his recent book, "Working Backwards: Insights, Stories and Secrets from Inside Amazon" with a particular focus on building breakthrough (billion dollar) products.
If you're an innovator/creator or future investor, you'll want to get these pro tips from a master of building things that scale!
About the Speaker
Bill Carr joined Amazon in 1999 and spent more than 15 years with the company. As Vice President of Digital Media, Bill launched and managed the company's global digital music and video businesses, including Amazon Music, Prime Video, and Amazon Studios. After Amazon, Bill was an Executive In Residence with Maveron, LLC, an early-stage, consumer-only venture capital firm. Bill later served as the Chief Operating Officer of OfferUp, the largest mobile marketplace for local buyers and sellers in the U.S. Today Bill is an author and co-founder of Working Backwards LLC where he coaches executives at large and early-stage companies on how to implement the management practices developed at Amazon. Bill earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Colby College in 1989 and an M.B.A. from Goizueta Business School (Emory) in 1994.