Meeker's smart call on Amazon: VC chops?

• Power Point: Extend beyond your skill set

  "You can always do what you should do if you're willing to put in the time and energy to develop a new set of skills. If you only extend into places where your skill sets serve you, your skills will become outmoded."

  - Amazon.com (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos in "Amazon's Next Revolution," the Fortune cover story that hits newsstands today. My colleague Jeff O'Brien uses Bezos' newest big venture, the Kindle, MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Jun 1, 2009 6:51 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, CEOs, consumer goods, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, management, Postcards, Power Point, retail, technology

• Guest Post: The last newspaper generation

  by Esther Wojcicki, journalism teacher and newspaper adviser at Palo Alto High School

  Reading the newspaper these days makes me sad about journalism. "The American Press on Suicide Watch" was the headline of Frank Rich's New York Times column this past Sunday. "Legendary brands from the Los Angeles Times to the Philadelphia Inquirer are teetering," Rich said, adding that the New York Times Co. (NYT) might shutter the Boston Globe. Maureen MORE

  Patricia Sellers - May 13, 2009 1:53 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, education, Esther Wojcicki, Google, Guest Post, high school, journalism, Kindle, media, newspapers, palo alto, Postcards, publishing, Silicon Valley, Students, technology

• Scenes from the Kindle DX press conference

  When I arrived at Pace University at 9:30 this morning in lower Manhattan, the line was already snaking down the side of the building. The crowd, gathered to witness the announcement of a third version of Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle electronic reader, was feverishly tapping at gadgets galore and every so often stepping out of line to take camera phone shots of the assembled group. It seemed their excitement had gotten MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - May 6, 2009 3:57 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, AMZN, blogging, CEOs, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, media, Postcards, publishing, Silicon Valley, technology

• Ten signs of recovery and renewal

  I'm an optimist. Always have been. So take with a grain of salt--or sugar, perhaps--these signs of hope across the board:

  1. Maybe print isn't dead. My new Kindle 2 makes me think that even though we may not be reading magazines and newspapers on paper a decade or two from now, long-form stories and beautiful page design can endure. (My Monday Postcard, "Amazon: Thinking beyond the Kindle," stirred debate about MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Apr 3, 2009 1:45 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Bono, entertainment, Guest Post, Jim Donald, Kindle, Personal Power, Postcards, publishing, retail, sports, Starbucks, Tom Freston

• Amazon: thinking beyond the Kindle

  We love companies that underpromise and overdeliver. Apple (AAPL) is one. Another is Amazon.com (AMZN). Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos thrives on overdelivering.

  I had my own Jeff Bezos multimedia experience last night as I sat in my living room and played with my new Kindle 2 while watching Bezos on the Charlie Rose show. (Click here to see the show from late February--yes, I was playing DVR catchup.) The Amazon MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Mar 30, 2009 3:07 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, CEOs, consumer goods, Hearst, Jeff Bezos, Ken Bronfin, Kindle, media, Microsoft, Postcards, publishing, retail, Sony, technology

• Hope amid retail's rough week

  It was, to steal a Malcolm Gladwell term, a "tipping point" in my outlook on the cratering economy. I call it my "That Girl" moment.

  It was the fourth Monday in November last year. I was at a Thanksgiving party at the home of Cathie Black, the president of Hearst Magazines. Marlo Thomas was there, too. "Saks is selling shoes for 75% off. It's incredible!" TV's onetime Ann Marie was crowing, MORE

  Patricia Sellers - Feb 27, 2009 1:01 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Cathie Black, CEOs, consumer goods, earnings, economy, Eddie Lampert, FORTUNE MPWomen, Hearst, Home Depot, Ken Bronfin, Kindle, Lowe's, management, media, mike duke, Postcards, Power Shift, publishing, retail, Saks, Sears, telecom, Wal-Mart

• Power Point: Read faster

  "This does not attach directly to my brain?"

  -- Jon Stewart to Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday's Daily Show on Comedy Central (VIAB). Amazon's Kindle 2 began shipping today to customers, many of whom have been waiting for months. The device sold out before Christmas for the second year in a row. When Bezos told Stewart he could download any book in 60 seconds or less, Steward feigned misunderstanding MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Feb 24, 2009 6:53 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, AMZN, CEOs, entertainment, Jeff Bezos, Jon Stewart, Kindle, Postcards, Power Point, technology

• Power Point: Amazon introduces Kindle 2

  "It isn't as though the two things—books and the Kindle—are in conflict. It's like peanut butter and chocolate. When you put them together, you get a whole new taste treat."

  -- Best-selling author Stephen King at a press event announcing the Amazon Kindle 2 in New York City on Monday. King's comments underscore what Amazon.com (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos has said since the Kindle, an electronic book reader, was introduced in MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Feb 9, 2009 6:27 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, CEOs, consumer electronics, electronic reader, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, Postcards, Power Point, Stephen King, technology

• Power Point: Opt for risk over inaction

  "The price of inaction is much higher than the price of making a mistake."

  -- Meg Whitman, who was CEO of eBay (EBAY) from 1998 until she retired this past March. Whitman said this at the 1999 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit while speaking on a panel about the future of the Internet with Morgan Stanley (MS) tech analyst Mary Meeker and Joy Covey, then CFO of Amazon.com (AMZN). The panel MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Oct 1, 2008 8:26 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, AMZN, CEO, CEOs, eBay, Facebook, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, Joy Covey, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Mary Meeker, Meg Whitman, Morgan Stanley, Most Powerful Women, Most Powerful Women Summit, MPWomen, MS, Postcards, Power Point, Sheryl Sandberg, technology