They Called Amazon a Bomb. It Never Exploded | The Entire History

‪@EmpireTabOpen‬ The entire history of Amazon in 10 minutes. In this Amazon documentary, we tell the Amazon true story: the Jeff Bezos story, how Amazon started in a rented garage, and the rise of Amazon into one of the biggest companies on Earth. You’ll see the history of Amazon step by step. In 1999, Barron’s called the company “Amazon.bomb”. Then the dot com bubble burst and the stock lost more than 90 percent, until 672 million dollars borrowed just in time saved it. After that came the big bets everyone called risky: Amazon Prime, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Kindle. We also cover the Fire Phone flop that helped create Alexa, Jeff Bezos handing the CEO job to Andy Jassy, and today’s Amazon AI race and the Amazon Leo satellite project. If you love Amazon history and stories of empires that almost fell, subscribe to Empire Tab Open, like the video and turn on the notification bell so you don’t miss the next empire. 💬 Do you think Amazon will win the AI race, or is it taking too big a risk this time? #Amazon #JeffBezos #AmazonHistory #Documentary Disclaimer: This is an independent documentary for educational and entertainment purposes. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Amazon. All trademarks and brand names belong to their respective owners. All visuals are 2D illustrations and artistic reconstructions, not real photos or footage. SOURCES: Amazon Investor Relations – Q2 2026 results, operating profit and AWS profit: https://ir.aboutamazon.com/news-relea... Amazon Q4 2025 results – 2025 revenue and net profit: https://tedmag.com/amazon-announces-4... Reuters (via NST) – Amazon’s 2026 spending plan of about 200 billion dollars: https://www.nst.com.my/amp/business/c... Tiger Newspress – Amazon stock drop after the spending plan: https://www.itiger.com/news/1118014138 OpenAI – Amazon and OpenAI partnership, February 2026: https://openai.com/index/amazon-partn... Advanced Television – Amazon Leo satellites in orbit, July 2026: https://www.advanced-television.com/2... Technobezz – Starlink satellite count compared with Amazon Leo: https://www.technobezz.com/news/amazo... Nasdaq / The Motley Fool – Amazon’s new borrowing in 2026: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/dont-... Benzinga – Barron’s “Amazon.bomb” cover story, May 1999: https://benzinga.com/z/32811151 CNBC – Bezos sharing the “Amazon.bomb” cover in 2021: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/12/jeff-... Commoncog – how Amazon survived the dot com bust: https://commoncog.com/c/cases/how-ama... Newser – first Kindle selling out within hours, 2007: https://www.newser.com/story/12319/am... Harvard Digital Initiative – Fire Phone and the 170 million dollar loss: https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-digit...