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Acquired

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Shell and Jeff McKenzie's D-Shaw

Amazon's first office was a few blocks from where the show is based in Portland, Oregon. Jeff McKenzie and his colleagues at D-Shaw invested $95,000 to start their company. Shell himself puts in $5,000. It takes me back to the Walmart episode and got so smart of having your employees actually invest dollars in the business.

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