--- title: "Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Stock Plunged From $113 to $6 — Founders Should Build a ‘Heavy Company’ and Stay Optimistic ‘Almost to the Point of Delusion’" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293490945.md" description: "Jeff Bezos advises founders to ignore short-term stock volatility and focus on business fundamentals, citing Amazon's dot-com crash where the stock fell from $113 to $6 while core metrics improved. He urges entrepreneurs to build 'heavy companies' with strong underlying value rather than managing stock prices, emphasizing that optimism is crucial for long-term success despite market fluctuations." datetime: "2026-07-22T14:46:04.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/293490945.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293490945.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/293490945.md) --- # Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Stock Plunged From $113 to $6 — Founders Should Build a ‘Heavy Company’ and Stay Optimistic ‘Almost to the Point of Delusion’ A collapsing stock price can make it look like a company is falling apart. Amazon  (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder **Jeff Bezos** says that’s exactly when founders need to pay the least attention to the market—and the most attention to the business they’re building. Speaking at Italian Tech Week 2025, Bezos reflected on the dot-com crash, when Amazon’s stock plunged from $113 per share to $6 per share in just a few months. "Shareholders were upset, employees were nervous…this was the environment of great nervousness," Bezos said. **Don’t Miss:** - **Big Pharma Has Spent Years Searching For Better Osteoarthritis Treatments. This Biotech Is Taking A Different Approach.** - **If there was a new fund backed by Jeff Bezos offering a 7-9% target yield with monthly dividends would you invest in it?** ## The Market Was Falling, the Business Wasn’t While investors focused on Amazon’s declining stock price, Bezos said the company’s underlying business kept moving in the opposite direction. "I looked at the numbers in the business," Bezos said. "Every month the number of customers went up, every month. Our gross profits went up every month…every single business metric…kept getting better." That experience shaped one of the biggest lessons of his career. Short-term market swings don’t always reflect what’s happening inside a business. ## Build a ‘Heavy Company’ For founders, Bezos said the priority should never be trying to manage a company’s stock price. "The fundamentals of the business, as entrepreneurs, you’re focused on the fundamentals of the business," Bezos said. "The stock price is an output, an ultimate output that you actually have very little control over." **Trending: Deloitte’s #1 Fastest-Growing Software Company Lets Users Earn Money Just by Scrolling — Investors Can Still Get In at $0.52/Share** He pointed to legendary investor **Benjamin Graham**’s well-known observation that markets eventually reward businesses with real value. "Benjamin Graham is famous for saying in the short term the stock market is a voting machine; in the long term it’s a weighing machine," Bezos continued. "Our job is to build a heavy company. We do not want to focus on the stock price." For Bezos, lasting businesses are built by serving customers and improving operations—not by reacting to daily moves on Wall Street. ## Why Optimism Still Wins Bezos also addressed comparisons between today’s artificial intelligence boom and the dot-com era. He said speculative periods often finance both successful and unsuccessful companies, but they can also leave behind infrastructure that continues benefiting society long after the excitement fades. He pointed to the fiber-optic networks built during the internet boom as one example. Even with that perspective, Bezos said founders can’t lose their optimism. "Entrepreneurs need to be optimistic almost to the point of delusion." He added that advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and space exploration have created extraordinary opportunities for entrepreneurs willing to think long term and continue building through uncertainty. **_See Also: Apple Thinks Spatial Computing Is The Future. This Private Company Is Building The Workplace To Match._** ## Looking for Builders Bezos’ advice also offers a framework for investors. Rather than chasing companies after they’ve become market leaders, some investors prefer backing founders who are still focused on building businesses with lasting value. One example is **Miso Robotics**, a startup developing AI-powered kitchen automation technology for the restaurant industry. The company is currently raising capital, giving everyday investors an opportunity to invest before a potential public offering. Amazon survived one of the biggest stock collapses of the dot-com era and went on to become one of the world’s most valuable companies. 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By spreading exposure across multiple asset classes, it becomes easier to manage risk, capture steady returns, and create long-term wealth that isn’t tied to the fortunes of just one company or industry. **Arrived** Backed by Jeff Bezos, Arrived Homes makes real estate investing accessible with a low barrier to entry. Investors can buy fractional shares of single-family rentals and vacation homes starting with as little as $100. This allows everyday investors to diversify into real estate, collect rental income, and build long-term wealth without needing to manage properties directly. **Realberry** Institutional-quality real estate has traditionally been difficult for individual investors to access. Realberry gives accredited investors direct access to private real estate opportunities backed by a team with 35 years of experience, $3.4 billion in assets under management, and $481 million in cumulative distributions paid to investors as of Q4 2025, according to the company. With a portfolio spanning 13 million square feet across seven U.S. states, Realberry focuses on acquiring, developing, and managing real estate with an emphasis on long-term value creation while its principals often invest alongside clients to help align interests. **FarmTogether** Farmland has historically held its value through market volatility and delivered returns uncorrelated to stocks and bonds. For accredited investors, FarmTogether offers direct access to high-quality U.S. farmland starting at $15,000 — fully managed, with no landlord headaches. **Immersed** **Immersed is building technology for the future of work through spatial computing.** Known for its AR/VR productivity platform that enables users to work across multiple virtual screens, the company has grown to more than 1.5 million users worldwide. Immersed is also developing Visor, a lightweight headset designed specifically for professional productivity, positioning the company at the intersection of remote work, extended reality (XR), and next-generation computing. **Fundrise** Private real estate and private credit can add income and stability to a stock-heavy portfolio. Fundrise offers access to diversified private real estate and credit strategies through an easy-to-use platform, with professionally managed portfolios designed to generate passive income and long-term growth. **Mode Mobile** **Mode Mobile is changing the way people interact with their phones by letting users earn money from the same apps and activities they already use every day.** Instead of platforms keeping all the advertising revenue, Mode Mobile shares a portion back with users who engage with content, play games, and scroll on their devices. 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