Jeff Wells, VP Amazon, Analytics at Tuft and Needle

Jeff progressed through the ranks of Tuft & Needle in just under four years after starting as a software engineer there in 2014. He is an integral part of the team, currently serving not only as Vice President of Amazon but also as VP of Analytics...two hugely important roles. His dedication to the Greater Phoenix startup community didn't start there though as he was the founder/executive director of the Arizona Microcredit Initiative for almost 3 years while attending Arizona State University after moving here from Oregon. Jeff sits down with Vincent to discuss: WHY he believes in the #yesPHX community as a top destination for tech, startups and business his high-level and day-to-day duties how it feels when legacy competitors in your industry start taking notice of what you're doing to steal their market share and disrupt the status quo some of what was behind the T&N decision to make their product available on Amazon (article quoted here) Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn here. Learn more about the Tuft & Needle story here. See how a marketing campaign by a legacy competitor against T&N didn't quite work out as planned. ~ This is #yesPHX Presents... a podcast produced by, for and about entrepreneurs and startups in the Valley of the Sun. #yesPHX is the world's most generous startup community for entrepreneurs. For more information and updates from the #yesPHX community: Visit our website - yesphx.com Join our active Facebook Group Follow us on our Facebook page, Twitter, and/or Instagram Read our Medium publication Join our Slack group Follow the #yesPHX hashtag on Twitter and/or Instagram Recorded live at Galvanize Phoenix. Thanks to Raz Yalov and ZCast for show production, and to sponsor 48 Startups.