How Steven Yang Created a Billion-Dollar Business on Amazon

Learn from the success of Amazon’s largest seller

Mehboob Khan
Entrepreneurship Handbook
8 min readApr 9, 2021

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Coral reefs make up 0.1% of the world’s ocean area, yet they are home to roughly 25% of marine species. Why?

They create an ecosystem of collaboration and interdependence.

Some also call the coral reefs the rainforests of the sea. They sustain all kinds of life forms under the ocean, just like trees do in a forest. They create a platform where aquatic life gets all the resources to thrive.

Like coral reefs, modern technology platforms such as YouTube, Uber, and Amazon, are ecosystems where entrepreneurs flourish. The collaboration and knowledge sharing on these platforms is unparalleled. Resources, tools, and access to the latest technologies are available to everyone. No wonder these platforms have become the most valuable businesses of our time.

Amazon, for instance, helps entrepreneurs to start from scratch while giving them access to a global market. Customers get a variety of products to choose from, and sellers get a gigantic market. Many entrepreneurs have knocked together highly profitable businesses on Amazon.

One such success story is that of Steven Yang, Anker Innovations. He quit his job at Google to sell mobile accessories…

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