Play Episode Podcast Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and Amazon: Inside the tragic final days of a fabled entrepreneur Play Tony Hsieh was a legendary entrepreneur who built Zappos and sold the online shoe retailer to Amazon for $1.2 billion… Read More
Tech Moves: Smartsheet, Qumulo, Zipwhip add board directors; Bardy hires a new president; Maven co-founder steps down; and more — Seattle data storage startup Qumulo added Elissa Fink to its board of directors. Fink previously served as chief marketing… Read More
More than 200 Zappos employees take buyouts as company goes manager-less Last month, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh said in a memo to employees that the company would be moving to a… Read More
Tony Hsieh steps down from lead role at Las Vegas Downtown Project amid big layoffs Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is leaving his lead role with the Las Vegas Downtown Project, Recode reported this afternoon, as the… Read More
Zappos’ Tony Hsieh tells Playboy all about his platonic relationship with Amazon Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh opened up in a lengthy interview appearing in Playboy today to talk about his interest in… Read More
Bye-bye, bosses? Zappos is reorganizing to eliminate bureaucracy Zappos’s corporate structure is going to be getting a whole lot flatter. The shoe-seller, which has almost 4,000 employees, is… Read More
Tony Hsieh wants to make downtown Las Vegas somewhere you’ll want to live Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has a vision for downtown Las Vegas as the place that you’ll want to launch your… Read More
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh: Hiring requires culture match, not just skill If you want to get hired at Zappos, you have to have more than just the right skills. You also… Read More
Michael Arrington, Tony Hsieh bankroll ex-TechCrunch writer Paul Carr’s stealth startup TechCrunch writer Paul Carr resigned in a blaze of glory a week ago, writing a blistering blog post about the… Read More
Stephen Colbert wants to know: Is Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh really a cult leader? Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is one of the most accomplished Internet entrepreneurs on the planet, having sold his online clothing… Read More
