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Published · transcript-backedSpeaker unverified: uncertainty
31 Dec 2016 Acquired The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg
“I was intrigued by it. But anyway, you never always say “no, I don’t know anything about it.”
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- 31 Dec 2016
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- Acquired
Transcript context
…And your background was in the cellular industry. Yeah. I was at that time wrapping up, selling McCaw Cellular and Lin Broadcasting to AT&T. But I did know something about the internet. But this was very beginning. Netscape went public I think in like September, that fall of ’95. Three of the key employees at McCaw had been recruited by Netscape – the president, the CFO, and his general counsel. I was intrigued by it. But anyway, you never always say “no, I don’t know anything about it. ” You say “sure.” That sounds like a very Bezos-like approach to things.…
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