Jeff Bezos handpicked a 20-person Amazon team led by Ashish Singhal
Ashish Singhal · The rise of crypto with 1.5 cr+ Indian investors ft. Ashish Singhal, Founder, Coinswitch · Nov 8, 2021 · at 3:31
Ashish Singhal, co-founder and CEO of CoinSwitch, discusses his early career as an engineer at Amazon before launching his startups.
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“Jeff Bezos himself picked like 20 people out of Amazon, put them in a room and give them an impossible task to do. And I was leading that team for prime one hour delivery launch, which most of us are so used to now of that delivery aspect, but that was very new back in 20, 1415 when we launched.”
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