Ep.549 ~ He Took Amazon to the Next Level Then Started a Multi-Billion Dollar Company ~ David Selinger
Episode description
Welcome to The Business Method’s series of interviewing 100 people that have built companies worth $1 Billion or more and our guest today falls perfectly into that category. He actually turned down Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon multiple times to spearhead the Research & Design arm of Amazon’s data-mining and personalization team. He finally folded to Bezos, later saying it was the best decision he ever made. After working with Bezos he went on to launch the $5 Billion real estate brokerage, Redfin. He then launched RichRelevance, a company that offers personalized shopping experiences for large retail brands, and recently started Deep Sentinel, an AI-based home security service. His name is Dave Selinger and he is joining us on the podcast today!
01:02 Intro
02:09 Micro-High Performance Episodes
02:51 Events and Trips For Entrepreneurs
04:15 Guest Introduction
05:15 Bulletproof Coffee
09:01 Jeff Bezos Seeking Dave for The R&D team of Amazon
11:29 What Drove Amazon to hire Dave?
15:35 The Co-Invention of Amazon Advertising
19:21 The Launch of Redfin
19:19 Openness to Data
28:27 The Most Dangerous Thing in a Business
31:49 Big Founder Disagreement
37:31 Tips in Managing Data
43:15 Example of Why Entrepreneurs Should Focus on Problem Selection
00:48:22 The Mindset and Type of Personalities in the Tech World
00:57:07 Important Leadership Lesson
01:03:07 A Regular Day with Dave
01:10:36 Deep Sentinel an AI Security Company
01:01:05 Learn More about Deep Sentinel on YouTube
01:13:23 Outro
Contact Info: https://www.deepsentinel.com/
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