Ep.549 ~ He Took Amazon to the Next Level Then Started a Multi-Billion Dollar Company ~ David Selinger

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/ Subscribe to the Podcast: 🎧 Website: https://thebusinessmethod.com/david-selinger 🍏 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethod 💻 Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethodGooglePodcasts 🎙Spotify: http://bit.ly/SpotifyTheBusinessMethod Follow Chris Reynolds on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/chrisreynoldslive Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/chrisreynoldslive  YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/chrisreynoldslive LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisreynoldslive