What Ethan Evans has said about Fire Phone
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 28, 2026
Ethan Evans, Former Amazon vice president (Prime Video, Appstore, Twitch oversight) turned executive coach, has been quoted on Fire Phone once in 1 episode of My First Million, most recently on October 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Evans argues that Bezos came to believe his vision was perfect after being right often, which led to the Fire Phone failure.
“having been right a lot, he started to believe his vision was perfect. And that's what led to the Fire Phone disaster”
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Episodes
Ex-Amazon VP tells us what it’s really like working with Jeff BezosMy First Million · Oct 28, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Former Amazon VP Ethan Evans tells Shaan Puri and Sam Parr about Jeff Bezos's management style, flaws, Amazon Prime's origins, and life after Amazon.
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