Well three years ago I was in New York City working for a quantitative hedge fund when I came across the startling statistic that web usage was growing at 2,300% per year...
An Interview With Jeff Bezos From 1997 About Founding Amazon

Sorry for the short day today folks, somebody decided to crash their truck into a telephone pole by my house and knocked out the power in the neighborhood for the last five hours. Was it an energy conservationist who’s a firm believer in thinking globally and acting locally? I’m not sure. I rode my bike out there to see what was going on and thankfully he’s fine. Well, minus the tongue-lashing I gave him, which I can only assume will keep him up at night for months, possibly years. This is an unearthed interview with Jeff Bezos from 1997 discussing his founding of Amazon.com, why he started with books, and a bunch of other very insightful information. I learned a lot by watching it. But mostly that even from his very first laugh you can tell he was always destined to be an evil villain.