Jeff Bezos may have picked the perfect time to step down We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Robin Pagnamenta Normal text size Advertisement Staff at Amazon’s towering corporate headquarters in Seattle walk past a giant illuminated sign in the lobby each morning that simply reads “Day One”. The phrase encapsulates one of Jeff Bezos’s most famous maxims - the idea that for Amazon, it is always the first day of its existence. Jeff Bezos is the latest founder of a tech giant to step away. Credit:AP These days, the company might be worth almost $US1.7 trillion ($2.2 trillion) and employ 1.3 million people around the world, but it must always strive to adopt the mentality of a start-up, battling stasis and embracing new technologies and change wherever it possibly can.