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Jul 8, 2026
The Jeff Bezos Startup Doing Less On Purpose | MotoMan Podcast # 026
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6:33MotoManHOST
Mm

Rod CopesGUEST
I mean, he's a New Yorker, and, uh, what he did right out of MIT is his goal was to go help US machine tool companies be successful.

Rod CopesGUEST
And so he did a couple of turnarounds with them, and then he joined a PE firm, and that was their focus, and then broadened, and ultimately he, uh, created his own private equity firm.

Rod CopesGUEST
And that's when he and Jeff talked and decided there's this bigger thing that we have to do that we talked about in graduate school is we need to help revitalize US manufacturing.
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12:07MotoManHOST
Mm.