> Originally Amazon was simply an online bookstore.
If you followed Amazon history you can clearly see diversification was at their core. Amazon was founded in 1994 and they started to acquire other companies sooner than later [1]. For example, IMDB (movies, not books) was acquired in 1998.
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> Originally Amazon was simply an online bookstore.
If you followed Amazon history you can clearly see diversification was at their core. Amazon was founded in 1994 and they started to acquire other companies sooner than later [1]. For example, IMDB (movies, not books) was acquired in 1998.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Amazon