The Amazon Genius & Controversy Of Steven Pope (My Amazon Guy)

Steven Pope and I had a little falling out over some LinkedIn controversy about a year ago….

But I recently reached out to catch up and he quickly agreed to jump on for an interview.

We talked shop…
Scaling an agency to $20M+
Key advice for modern Amazon
Steven bowing out of his own private label brand

But, more importantly, this conversation got a lot more human…
👉 Finding “why” on the road of entrepreneurship
👉 Being vulnerable
👉 And, finally, reconnecting after that rift of controversy

It was great to bury the hatchet and dive into a lot of meaningful topics.

I hope you are able to watch the interview and get some value from it. For your amazon business and life.

0:00 Intro
1:12 Scaling An Agency to $20m+
6:20 Bowing Out of Amazon Private Label
8:10 How Do You Build For Scale?
11:58 Qualifying Clients At Scale
15:00 What’s Steven’s Why?
21:48 What Amazon Sellers NEED to Focus On
27:00 LinkedIn Controversy
34:24 What’s Next

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[MyAmazonGuy]

Adam I am so glad to see you back in the game and I look forward to seeing you at full force helping Amazon sellers.

Thank you for thinking of me and bringing me back on your podcast.

[Cbiz]

Absolutely spot on at minute 30 onwards. Politics should be out of business !’

[Longuro]

If you guys could get in touch with a senior exec at Amazon and find out why Amazon is so anti seller and tries to make sellers’ lives miserable, that would be a most informative podcast episode.

[hiddensoroush]

Adam I have spent years building companies just like you and what you are experiencing is very normal. I have studied the lives of many people and I believe Tony Robbins put it the best way... The key to happiness and fulfillment is Progress! It's never the prize. Andrew Huberman who I am sure you know, put out a research that basically showed people who chase the endeavor, the process have a much much happier and fulfilling life. For me in the Amazon world, I don't think of myself as an Amazon brand as I am not. But I am building a brand and have absolutely no plan to sell my brand any time soon. I have many ideas for product launches and things I want to do with this. I want to build relationships with customers. This gets me going every day even when there is the usual bad news on Amazon. So if your focus is creating a unique brand and growing in the process yourself, you would have a much happier life in my experience and opinion.

[tysonbarrett]

Wasn't expecting this one but really enjoyed it!

[rolandorosas]

Really good discussion with two powerhouse guys 👍👍👍👍

[smartestamazonseller]

No pulling punches! Great conversation Adam and Steven. Didn't know you guys had done a few previous videos. Two very honest YouTubers right here!

[travelwedge]

535 employees on an agency with $20MM in revenue? Math doesn't add up. So thats $37K generated by every employee. Unless 99% of the employees are making $1 a day in the Philippines, there is no profit here either. Even the lowest level employee in the US is minimum $35K a year . Not discounting Steven Pope's experience, clearly he knows everything about Amazon, just commenting on the reality of this agency business

[yynzuwy]

steven talks about staying in his amazon lane because that's all people care about but is constantly injecting his right wing politics into his videos. which is it?