<p>Millions of people around the world are without a job right now. It’s a terrible, very real situation. However, out of this pandemic businesses are changing. Restaurants converted to take out and family portions. Distilleries started to make hand sanitizer. Clothing companies retooled to start making face masks. There is no question that new businesses will be created as a direct result of Coronavirus. The question is, what are those business ideas and which ones will succeed. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, discuss how to recognize a business need and go for it successfully. Thank you for watching!</p>

Millions of people around the world are without a job right now. It’s a terrible, very real situation. However, out of this pandemic businesses are changing. Restaurants converted to take out and family portions. Distilleries started to make hand sanitizer. Clothing companies retooled to start making face masks. There is no question that new businesses will be created as a direct result of Coronavirus. The question is, what are those business ideas and which ones will succeed. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, discuss how to recognize a business need and go for it successfully. Thank you for watching!

Which Business To Start Because Of The Pandemic

Level Up is your source for career growth solutions by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans.

In my 15+ years at Amazon, I led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce. I hold 70+ patents. Have reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and made 1,000+ hires. I was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader. And I helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are mine.

I've promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of my former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon.

I retired from Amazon as a VP in September 2020. Before Amazon, I spent 12 years at 3 startups.

Now I am building Level Up: Your source for career growth solutions & community.

Subscribe to my newsletter for ongoing career advice and consider becoming a paid member to unlock access to exclusive events, career talks, and our private leadership community for networking: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/

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Level Up is your source for career growth solutions by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans. In my 15+ years at Amazon, I led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce. I hold 70+ patents. Have reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and made 1,000+ hires. I was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader. And I helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are mine. I've promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of my former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon. I retired from Amazon as a VP in September 2020. Before Amazon, I spent 12 years at 3 startups. Now I am building Level Up: Your source for career growth solutions & community. Subscribe to my newsletter for ongoing career advice and consider becoming a paid member to unlock access to exclusive events, career talks, and our private leadership community for networking: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/

Level Up is your source for career growth solutions by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans.

In my 15+ years at Amazon, I led global teams of 800+ and invented businesses such as Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming, and Twitch Commerce. I hold 70+ patents. Have reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and made 1,000+ hires. I was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader. And I helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are mine.

I've promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, and drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal. Of my former reports, 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside Amazon.

I retired from Amazon as a VP in September 2020. Before Amazon, I spent 12 years at 3 startups.

Now I am building Level Up: Your source for career growth solutions &amp; community.

Subscribe to my newsletter for ongoing career advice and consider becoming a paid member to unlock access to exclusive events, career talks, and our private leadership community for networking: https://levelupwithethanevans.substack.com/

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