How I Raised $1 Million for 20 Percent of Amazon.com

raise money: 모금하다
When I raised money for Amazon, I had to raise a million dollars.

take (a) meeting: 회의를 열다
So, I had to take 60 meetings to get 20 “yeses.”

walk through (something): (어떤 것을 배울 수 있도록) 설명하다
The first question was always, “what’s the internet?” And, I had to walk through that.

fast forward to today: 오늘로 빨리 이동하다
And, so did I anticipate, you know, fast forward to today and the current version of (Amazon)? No.

one foot in front of the other: 도전과 어려움 속에서 한 걸음 한 걸음 앞으로 나아가다
It has been one foot in front of the other and I think that is true for most businesses.

double down on (something): (무언가에) 전념하다
You have a success and you kind of double down on that success.