There are plenty of home security companies out there that will alert you when someone has already begun breaking into your house. But what if that approach was actually the opposite of how to stop crime? What if preventing crime from happening in the first place requires something different than the market is accustomed to?
Our latest guest, Dave “Selly” Selinger, has been building a company that answers those questions. After working directly with Jeff Bezos and launching a multi-billion real estate brokerage, Redfin, Dave is now revolutionizing the home security industry with his latest venture, Deep Sentinel.
Tune into the full episode for more about the core problem Dave’s company is solving, how his business’s approach is so different from traditional security companies, why profit margin isn’t always the biggest driver of a company’s success, and some of Dave’s tactics that have helped him get ahead in business and in life.
Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn:
- More about Dave’s company, Deep Sentinel, and how it’s turning the home security industry on its head by using “deep learning” AI technology
- How being a “tech geek” has driven Dave’s career, and why he fell in love with the concept of deep learning AI as a tool to do good in the world
- Details about Dave’s strategic plan for Deep Sentinel, and why the company’s profit margin is so drastically different from the profit margins of a company like ADT
- The top obstacle Dave struggles with in his business
- The lessons Dave learned working at Amazon and Redfin, and how he uses them in his career now
- Why data is more important than ego
- The power of speed-reading, and how it helped Dave get ahead at Stanford
- Dave’s advice for running weekly meetings that actually get things done
- The most important measure of success for Deep Sentinel
- How Dave measures success in his personal and family life
- The most impactful failures in Dave’s life
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Dave’s company, Deep Sentinel
- Dave Selinger on LinkedIn
- Deep Sentinel on Twitter
- Deep Sentinel on Facebook
- Deep Sentinel on Instagram
- “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
- “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t” by Jim Collins
- “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything” by Stephen M.R. Covey
- 40 Strategy
- Contact 40 Strategy
- Carl J. Cox on LinkedIn
- Short bio: Meet Dave “Selly” Selinger. After working directly with Jeff Bezos and launching a multi-billion real estate brokerage Redfin, he’s now revolutionizing the home security industry with his latest venture – Deep Sentinel.
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- Book Titles (if applicable): n/a
- Website: https://www.deepsentinel.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selly/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/deep_sentinel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deepsentinel/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deepsentinel/
