£200 Million Amazon Buyout with Jeff Bezos: Simon Morris

Описание: Simon Morris shares how he helped shape some of the biggest shifts in modern media, from launching Sega and Sonic in the UK, to building Football 365, to disrupting Blockbuster with LoveFilm before its acquisition by Amazon. Simon explains how spotting change early, backing new technology, and scaling at the right moment played a central role in his career.

He also reflects on losing everything at the height of success, battling addiction, getting sober, and rebuilding his life from the ground up. Simon discusses leadership, intuition, resilience, and what long-term success actually looks like beyond money and titles.

This is the Eventful Life of Mr Simon Morris.

02:10 Growing Up in South London
06:30 Sega, Sonic & Beating Nintendo
11:45 Sky TV and the Media Wild West
16:30 TFI Friday and 90s Pop Culture
21:40 Building Football 365
27:20 Why Digital Beat Print
32:40 Angel Investors vs VC Money
38:10 The Dotcom Bubble Bursts
43:20 Losing Everything
48:40 Addiction and Rock Bottom
54:30 Getting Sober and Starting Again
59:50 The Birth of LoveFilm
1:05:10 How LoveFilm Beat Blockbuster
1:11:20 Spotting the Streaming Shift
1:16:00 Selling to Amazon
1:21:10 Inside Amazon’s Leadership Culture
1:26:30 Working With Jeff Bezos
1:31:40 What Bezos Taught Me About Scale
1:35:40 Final Lessons for Founders

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