Della & James offers a powerful, new use of the Internet that makes it fun and easy to find the right wedding gifts for family and friends. |
I loved the manufacturing business and the move to Amazon was an adventure, but once I went to Amazon, I realized that I like changing the world. There's no going back for me, |
I think that the opportunity in B2B dwarfs what I saw in B2C, ... I think B2B is all about tens of thousands of small, medium and large-size businesses transacting among each other. Today there's so much inefficiency in the way things get done and the Internet is such an important transformational technology. |
I was very excited about the prospect of being the CEO of a fast-growing technology company, particularly in the B2B sector, |
Never in my wildest dreams or fantasies did I think I would be running an Internet company, ... I was as traditional as it got. |
Now, what you have is a flight to quality and you have a consolidation phase in this space. It's our plan to be a consolidator and to capitalize on our currency and our brand name, |
The last 13 months have been an incredible education for me and I feel very fortunate that I learned the things I learned from the guy I think is the best Internet leader that I've met, |
The reason why I went to Amazon is that I wanted to throw myself in the middle of this, because I think that the Internet will transform businesses all over the world, |
We have a model that's very acquisitive and we are looking at a number of acquisition candidates and we will continue, |
We're always looking for new ways to offer more choices to our customers, whether it's new products or new delivery options, |
What excites me most about working for Newell Rubbermaid is the opportunity to return to my roots in the durable goods industry, and to apply the skills I've learned in the 'new economy' to an area that I know and love best, |