Amazon

Secret Agent: Authenticity Is Quietly Sabotaging You! Do This & They'll Stop Respecting You!

The Diary Of A CEO

E5: WHO's incompetence, kicking off Cold War II, China's grand plan, 100X'ing American efficiency

All-In Podcast

Mentioned as having asked its employees to delete TikTok due to security concerns.

Tim Ferriss Q&A: Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, and Much More

Tim Ferriss

A platform where the Philips GoLite and Pso-Rite tools can be purchased.

NotOnTheHighStreet.com Founder: Rapid Success Lead To My Darkest Days - Holly Tucker | E92

The Diary Of A CEO

Mentioned as an early player in e-commerce alongside eBay during the time Not on the High Street was conceptualized.

Ryan Petersen on Building Flexport, a Modern Freight Forwarder

Y Combinator

A major e-commerce platform where many Flexport clients sell their products. Flexport ships approximately 10% of its shipments to Amazon warehouses.

Russ Roberts — The Decisions that Define Us

Tim Ferriss

E-commerce platform described as an example of how technology improves day-to-day life by providing immediate answers and recommendations.

E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more

All-In Podcast

E-commerce and cloud computing giant, whose advertising business dynamic is compared to Instacart's increasing ad revenue.

Ep. 193: The Future of Twitter, Reading More, and Fixed-Schedule Productivity | Deep Questions

Cal Newport

Mentioned as a platform where book formats (hardcover vs. paperback) are advertised.

Ep. 192: Tackling 8 Productivity Questions in 30 Minutes | Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

A tech company mentioned as a potential provider of fast, private ledgers.

Work at a Startup Expo 2018

Y Combinator

Acquired Twitch and is broadly a tech giant; later mentioned by Instacart and Volley as a platform for their services (Alexa).

Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

Andrew Huberman

The online retailer where the host purchased the Artograph Lightpad.

Deliveroo Founder: From £0 to £5 Billion: Will Shu | E88

The Diary Of A CEO

An investor in Deliveroo, whose investment faced a lengthy antitrust review in the UK.

Elad Gil Shares Advice from the High Growth Handbook, a Guide to Scaling Startups

Y Combinator

Cited as an example of a business model fallacy in Silicon Valley, where companies aim for extremely low prices to gain market share, which Elad Gil contrasts with the potential benefits of higher pricing power.

Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #241

Lex Fridman

Mentioned for its Kiva Systems robots in warehouses and its Astro home robot. Identified as having deep pockets and a willingness to iterate aggressively and take risks.

Full Length Episode | #177 | February 28, 2022

Cal Newport

Platform where book sales charts are mentioned in relation to the speaker's writing success.

E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth

All-In Podcast

Mentioned in discussions about antitrust and potential breakups or regulatory action.

Scaling Culture | Jason Kilar, former Hulu CEO

Y Combinator

The company where Jason Kilar spent nine years. He highlights Jeff Bezos's leadership in establishing 14 leadership principles and the 'Just Do It Award' as key mechanisms for scaling culture.

Kieran Snyder of Textio at the Seattle Female Founders Conference

Y Combinator

Kieran Snyder previously held product leadership roles at Amazon and conducted a study on bias in performance reviews there.

Helping Landlords Find Tenants – Sean Mitchell of Rezi

Y Combinator

A company whose user experience in purchasing is used as a benchmark for the desired tenant experience in leasing apartments.

The Technical Advisor for Silicon Valley on HBO: Ed McManus

Y Combinator

A major technology company involved in streaming services. The discussion touches on Amazon and Netflix spending heavily on new programming.

Addiction, Childhood Trauma And Depression With Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) | E60

The Diary Of A CEO

Mentioned in the context of potentially pursuing an Ayahuasca ceremony in the Amazon rainforest with a shaman.

The State of AI in production — with David Hsu of Retool

Latent Space

A major customer of Retool, with 11 business units using the platform, highlighting the challenge of reaching the broader employee base.

E2: Rebooting economy, understanding corporate debt, avoiding a depression & more with David Sacks

All-In Podcast

Mentioned in relation to drivers and the idea of distributing masks and allowing tips for drivers.

Breaking Down HackerRank's Survey of 40,000 Developers with Vivek Ravisankar

Y Combinator

The company where Vivek Ravisankar previously worked as a developer, and where he gained experience with technical interviews, which highlighted the issue of resumes not correlating well with skills.