Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Shark Tank’s billion-dollar blunder: How startup Ring went from TV rejection to Amazon acquisition Play Back in 2013, Jamie Siminoff was the founder and chief inventor of a struggling video doorbell company who was pinning… Read More
Amazon launches new ‘As Seen on Shark Tank’ online store for 70+ shark-backed products Amazon has opened an online store specifically for products backed by investors from the CNBC show “Shark Tank,” through its… Read More
Secure in his Amazon success, Ring CEO returns to ‘Shark Tank’ and rejects pitch for a package lock Jamie Siminoff swam with the sharks who rejected him five years ago, and in his return to “Shark Tank” for… Read More
Watch: Ring CEO on how he kept going after ‘Shark Tank’ rejection and how he feels returning to show “The drive home sucked,” Jamie Siminoff said rather matter of factly this week when asked what he was thinking five… Read More
TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Gates Foundation, Redfin, Ring Today’s featured stories Gates Foundation announces $15M commitment to map neighborhoods that help kids out of poverty Philanthropy advice from… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Inside the Amazon-Ring deal: How a doorbell maker got on the tech giant’s radar before $1B acquisition Play Jamie Siminoff knows what it takes to be acquired by Amazon. The Ring founder appeared on stage at the GeekWire… Read More
TLDR: Amazon opens store selling highest-rated items Today’s featured stories Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items After getting… Read More
After getting $1B from Amazon, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gets another knock from ‘Shark Tank’ “Shark Tank” investors didn’t bite five years ago when Ring founder Jamie Siminoff pitched his video doorbell on the popular… Read More
TLDR Editor’s Picks: GeekWire’s top Amazon stories of the year (so far) This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today’s topic: the… Read More
Amazon’s $1B Ring deal ‘probably the biggest miss’ in Shark Tank history Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. Wonderful,” was blown away when he saw Amazon’s agreement to acquire video doorbell… Read More
