Level Up with Ethan Evans (retired Amazon VP)

Many people are anxious or even fearful when working with executives, company owners, or other "powerful" people at work. Ethan has dealt with this from both sides, when his own team has been nervous speaking to him and when he has had to speak face to face with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos or Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Watch this coaching session of how to prepare for and execute a great meeting with executiv...

One of the most talked about topics is weight. With more than one third of adults in the United States obese and another one third of adults overweight, weight is often a sensitive topic for many people. It is not an easy journey to lose weight and it can require a lot of sacrifice, hard work, and dedication. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon; discuss his personal weight loss...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

Racism and Diversity are topics we all need to address, especially in the workplace. Passively agreeing with topics such as Black Lives Matter is not being part of the solution or driving change. Whether its women or men, minorities, drinking alcohol, certain sports or activities, or staying late for work functions. How do we tackle these life and workplace scenarios to include all of our friends...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

We've all made New Year's Resolutions and most likely they have been broken. It starts with good intentions but often times we get disappointed that our resolution was not completed. Instead of resolutions, why not start with just setting goals. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about New Year's Resolutions live from Hawaii. Ethan will discuss the beginning of his Am...

What does the perfect LinkedIn profile look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip: LinkedIn is not the same as your resume. For your resume, you are focusing on high level job details, whereas LinkedIn has space for you to give a lot more information. Similar to a resume this information should be focused on your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and the result. As a former V...

Most of us need to work. We have all heard of work life balance but does that exist and if so, how do we achieve this? Seems like such a simple concept but when in the moment of work and deadlines we often find ourselves living to work. Just as in video games, you know when a gamer becomes completely focused on the game; the same thing can happen in life, the difference being the game (focus) is n...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

What does the perfect LinkedIn profile look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip: LinkedIn is not the same as your resume. For your resume, you are focusing on high level job details, whereas LinkedIn has space for you to give a lot more information. Similar to a resume this information should be focused on your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and the result. As a former V...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

What makes the perfect business pitch? Is it the idea, the market size, the competition? These questions get asked time and time again without getting clear direction on how to answer them. If you want to learn what makes a great startup pitch and what investors are looking for then this video is for you. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon and two special guests, give honest fe...

What makes the perfect business pitch? Is it the idea, the market size, the competition? These questions get asked time and time again without getting clear direction on how to answer them. If you want to learn what makes a great startup pitch and what investors are looking for then this video is for you. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon and two special guests, give honest fe...

What makes the perfect business pitch? Is it the idea, the market size, the competition? These questions get asked time and time again without getting clear direction on how to answer them. If you want to learn what makes a great startup pitch and what investors are looking for then this video is for you. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon and two special guests, give honest fe...

What makes the perfect business pitch? Is it the idea, the market size, the competition? These questions get asked time and time again without getting clear direction on how to answer them. If you want to learn what makes a great startup pitch and what investors are looking for then this video is for you. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon and two special guests, give honest fe...

Most people will change careers at least once in their lives. Think about that for a moment; at least one time in your life, you will change careers to something new. Now the question is, where do you even start? Are you looking for a slight career pivot or maybe a major career transition into a new field or industry. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon; talk with returning spec...

Amazon is one of the largest and most complex companies to work for. But Amazon didn't start out that way. Learn how Amazon structures their teams, why they do it that way and most importantly, how can you benefit. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon; chat with returning guest Stefan Haney, former Director of Product Management at Amazon and current Managing Principal at Vantage...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

Politics and Fake News, two things that somehow became linked together. What is the root cause on having such a divide that people feel it is ok to riot? Why do people believe one viewpoint and then completely ignore anything that doesn't reinforce that view? What happened to critical thinking? Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon; discuss Fake News, politics, and give a business...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...

Ownership comes in many forms. If you have a job, then you own your job. Leaders are owners. What do you do when you make a mistake or have failed? You take ownership and don't pass the blame on others such as your colleagues, vendors or even worse the customer. Watch Ethan Evans, former VP of Twitch Prime at Amazon; discuss Extreme Ownership Fails. Ethan shows real world examples of how companies...

What does the perfect resume look like? What works and what doesn't? Here's a tip, there is no one size fits all approach. Resumes are supposed to tell your accomplishments: what you did, how you did it and what was the result. But everyone has different skills, different job history, and different problems they solved. As a former VP of Amazon (Newly Retired), watch Ethan Evans talk about what ma...