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MAKE CONNECTIONS The part of the url that comes after the dot is called the top level domain. When you see “.com” as the top level domain, it is short for “commercial.” Although most commercial sites in the US and many around the world do use this domain, a site does not necessarily need a commercial purpose to be a .com. It is available to any entity or person, and is therefore a popular catch-all and the go-to domain for American websites. Other common website endings include “.edu” (education) for schools and colleges, “.gov” for government organizations, “.org” for non-profit organizations, and “.net” for network resources. where he met his future wife, Mackenzie. In 1990, he was named the youngest vice president at the firm. Bezos took a huge risk when he decided to leave his job at the investment firm, but he knew he needed to devote himself full-time to his new project if it was going to be successful. His college background meant he was already very skilled at managing websites, and building a website that would allow users to buy products would not be hard for him. Learning how to run a business, however, was something entirely new to him. THE BEGINNING There are a lot of decisions to be made while starting up a new business. One of the first challenges Bezos faced was choosing what to sell. He hoped to sell all sorts of products one day, but choosing one product to start out with made better business sense as selling

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Story of a Startup