£200M LoveFilm Sale to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: Simon Morris

Simon Morris shares how he helped shape some of the biggest shifts in modern media, from launching Sega and Sonic in the UK, to building Football 365, to disrupting Blockbuster with LoveFilm before its acquisition by Amazon. Simon explains how spotting change early, backing new technology, and scaling at the right moment played a central role in his career. He also reflects on losing everything at the height of success, battling addiction, getting sober, and rebuilding his life from the ground up. Simon discusses leadership, intuition, resilience, and what long-term success actually looks like beyond money and titles. This is the Eventful Life of Mr Simon Morris. 02:10 Growing Up in South London 06:30 Sega, Sonic & Beating Nintendo 11:45 Sky TV and the Media Wild West 16:30 TFI Friday and 90s Pop Culture 21:40 Building Football 365 27:20 Why Digital Beat Print 32:40 Angel Investors vs VC Money 38:10 The Dotcom Bubble Bursts 43:20 Losing Everything 48:40 Addiction and Rock Bottom 54:30 Getting Sober and Starting Again 59:50 The Birth of LoveFilm 1:05:10 How LoveFilm Beat Blockbuster 1:11:20 Spotting the Streaming Shift 1:16:00 Selling to Amazon 1:21:10 Inside Amazon’s Leadership Culture 1:26:30 Working With Jeff Bezos 1:31:40 What Bezos Taught Me About Scale 1:35:40 Final Lessons for Founders The Eventful Lives Podcast 👉 https://www.PodFollow.com/DodgeWoodall https://www.eventfulstudios.com/ ————————————————————— My Website: https://dodgewoodall.com/ 📸 Instagram:   / dodge.woodall   🎵 TikTok:   / dodgewoodall   📲 Facebook:   / dodgerwoodall   💻 Linkedin:   / dodgewoodall   📱 Twitter:   / dodgewoodall   You can also listen & download full Podcasts at the link below https://www.PodFollow.com/DodgeWoodall PremiumBeat License ID FTNEI6NXH0AIWRDH