I’d love to see Ben partner with a smart tax/finance guy.
His analysis is interesting, but very slanted with the tech business viewpoint. The cringy canonization of Uber back in the day is a great example. IMO, these machinations by Amazon are probably more about financial engineering than anything else.
Amazon has a good distribution network, but Shopify, Walmart and Target seem to have found and are competing successfully at Amazon’s weak points. Many people I know pivoted to Target for consumer staples vs Amazon. You can have anything they carry in about 30m. Shopify seems to be the place for sellers who want to protect their brand and avoid being ripped off within days.
Not sure why Ben cares about an Amazon truck vs UPS delivering stuff he’s probably alone in that.
His analysis is interesting, but very slanted with the tech business viewpoint. The cringy canonization of Uber back in the day is a great example. IMO, these machinations by Amazon are probably more about financial engineering than anything else.
Amazon has a good distribution network, but Shopify, Walmart and Target seem to have found and are competing successfully at Amazon’s weak points. Many people I know pivoted to Target for consumer staples vs Amazon. You can have anything they carry in about 30m. Shopify seems to be the place for sellers who want to protect their brand and avoid being ripped off within days.
Not sure why Ben cares about an Amazon truck vs UPS delivering stuff he’s probably alone in that.