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More than 200 Zappos employees take buyouts as company goes manager-less

by Blair Hanley Frank on May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 at 10:50 am 6 Comments

Last month, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh said in a memo to employees that the company would be moving to a flatter management structure and doing away with “people managers.” Those… Read More

Tony Hsieh steps down from lead role at Las Vegas Downtown Project amid big layoffs

by Taylor Soper on September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 at 4:22 pm 6 Comments

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is leaving his lead role with the Las Vegas Downtown Project, Recode reported this afternoon, as the organization also slashed 30 percent of its workforce today. The… Read More

Zappos’ Tony Hsieh tells Playboy all about his platonic relationship with Amazon

by Tricia Duryee on April 16, 2014September 5, 2014 at 11:18 amComment

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh opened up in a lengthy interview appearing in Playboy today to talk about his interest in revitalizing downtown Las Vegas, the benefits of selling out to… Read More

Bye-bye, bosses? Zappos is reorganizing to eliminate bureaucracy

by Blair Hanley Frank on December 31, 2013December 31, 2013 at 10:13 amComment

Zappos’s corporate structure is going to be getting a whole lot flatter. The shoe-seller, which has almost 4,000 employees, is slated to do away with a traditional corporate hierarchy across… Read More

Tony Hsieh wants to make downtown Las Vegas somewhere you’ll want to live

by Blair Hanley Frank on June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 at 6:27 pm 13 Comments

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has a vision for downtown Las Vegas as the place that you’ll want to launch your next startup. Currently spread across three buildings in Sin City,… Read More

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh: Hiring requires culture match, not just skill

by Blair Hanley Frank on June 26, 2013December 1, 2014 at 10:32 pm1 Comment

If you want to get hired at Zappos, you have to have more than just the right skills. You also have to be a proper fit for the company’s corporate… Read More

Michael Arrington, Tony Hsieh bankroll ex-TechCrunch writer Paul Carr’s stealth startup

by John Cook on September 23, 2011September 24, 2011 at 9:22 am 6 Comments

TechCrunch writer Paul Carr resigned in a blaze of glory a week ago, writing a blistering blog post about the activities of the tech blog’s parent company, AOL. But the… Read More

Stephen Colbert wants to know: Is Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh really a cult leader?

by John Cook on August 2, 2011December 2, 2014 at 11:49 am 5 Comments

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is one of the most accomplished Internet entrepreneurs on the planet, having sold his online clothing and shoe retailer to Amazon.com for $1.2 billion and a… Read More

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