Our guest today has founded six companies and sold three.

He founded Shopping.com in 1997 and sold it to eBay in 2006.

He founded Adap.tv, a video advertising platform, and was CEO until 2013 when it was acquired by AOL, where he served as President from 2013 to 2015

He founded Toukee, an AI & voice technology company, which was acquired out of stealth by LogMeIn.

During the pandemic, his virtual guitar sessions hit a snag which led him to start Switchboard, a collaborative digital workspace bridging the gap between in-person magic and remote tools.

What an impressive background, welcome to Traction Amir!

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