Jeff Bezos is soliciting your Next Big Idea.
On Thursday, the Amazon CEO posted a "request for ideas" — a call to action of sorts — on Twitter. He asked the general public (or at least his 222,000 followers) to drop him a line if they know of any short-term problems that need addressing.
"I'm thinking about a philanthropic strategy that is the opposite of how I mostly spend my time — working on the long term," Bezos wrote. "For philanthropy, I find I'm drawn to the opposite end of the spectrum: the right now."
(Bezos also clarifies Twitter may not be the optimal place to make such a request: "If you think this approach is wrong, would love to hear that too.")
—Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 15, 2017
Bezos is no stranger to quirky beginnings.
Amazon, Bezos' first breakout success, started in 1994 after the CEO took a cross-country road trip from New York to Seattle. He wrote his business plan for an online bookstore as he went.
