Big Websites Started Small...

JamesMSpacey · 04-21-2009, 07:11 PM

I recently came across this image of amazon.com back in 1995...

It really hit home to me the idea of being willing to START something when it is just 'good enough'.

I don't know about you, but I tend to want to be a perfectionist and have my site looking like the $14.8 billion dollar website (Amazon 2007 revenue) that I want it to become, rather than settling for the functional and useful website that it can be in the beginning.

There's always room for improvement. I wonder if we'll laugh about what Amazon.com looks like now in another 14 years...

Eric Land · 04-21-2009, 07:19 PM

Wow thats crazy. Imagine that 14 years ago the person who started amazon was probably just happy to be making a bit of money online i bet he/she never imagined they would be worth billions 14 years from then.

But i bet we will look back at this forum in 14 years and be like Sh*t can't believe wso's were only 20 to post back then...

jasonl70 · 04-21-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric Land

Wow thats crazy. Imagine that 14 years ago the person who started amazon was probably just happy to be making a bit of money online i bet he/she never imagined they would be worth billions 14 years from then.

But i bet we will look back at this forum in 14 years and be like Sh*t can't believe wso's were only 20 to post back then...

From what I've read, Bezo's had a long term business plan in place for amazon from the very beginning. HE WAS shooting for billions

And they did not make any profit for MANY MANY years - well after they were a well known name.

IM Headlines · 04-21-2009, 07:40 PM

lool Now that was a really crappy funny website XD.

Look at them now!!

Remember everyone starts small...

This is really inspirational. Reminds newbies to never give up!

roosevelt · 04-21-2009, 07:42 PM

WOW amazon's old design reminds me of a super geeky girl, but 10 years later a super hot model XD.

Either way, I am happy you shared the info the amazon's founder. I guess it's about time we all aim for billions, rather than pesky 300 bucks a day. What do you think?

JamesMSpacey · 04-23-2009, 03:11 AM

Yeah, billions sounds good!

Mark Brian · 04-23-2009, 03:16 AM

Gotta love Web 0.0

Tyrus Antas · 04-23-2009, 05:27 AM

At 1 million books, they weren't exactly small

Anyway, there's something to be said about simple designs without a lot of bells and whistles. They usually convert better because there's not a lot of stuff on screen fighting for people's attention.

Tyrus

04-21-2009, 07:11 PM	#1
JamesMSpacey Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 237 Blog Entries: 7 Thanks: 74 Thanked 43 Times in 37 Posts Social Networking	Big Websites Started Small... I recently came across this image of amazon.com back in 1995... It really hit home to me the idea of being willing to START something when it is just 'good enough'. I don't know about you, but I tend to want to be a perfectionist and have my site looking like the $14.8 billion dollar website (Amazon 2007 revenue) that I want it to become, rather than settling for the functional and useful website that it can be in the beginning. There's always room for improvement. I wonder if we'll laugh about what Amazon.com looks like now in another 14 years...

04-21-2009, 07:19 PM	#2
Eric Land Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New York Posts: 837 Thanks: 14 Thanked 46 Times in 31 Posts Contact Info	Re: Big Websites Started Small... Wow thats crazy. Imagine that 14 years ago the person who started amazon was probably just happy to be making a bit of money online i bet he/she never imagined they would be worth billions 14 years from then. But i bet we will look back at this forum in 14 years and be like Sh*t can't believe wso's were only 20 to post back then...
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roosevelt Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 68 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Big Websites Started Small... WOW amazon's old design reminds me of a super geeky girl, but 10 years later a super hot model XD. Either way, I am happy you shared the info the amazon's founder. I guess it's about time we all aim for billions, rather than pesky 300 bucks a day. What do you think?

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Tyrus Antas Advanced Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 931 Thanks: 36 Thanked 102 Times in 91 Posts	Re: Big Websites Started Small... At 1 million books, they weren't exactly small Anyway, there's something to be said about simple designs without a lot of bells and whistles. They usually convert better because there's not a lot of stuff on screen fighting for people's attention. Tyrus