Re:Tony Hsieh's Email to Employees RE: Zappos' Sale to Amazon
by mhartl on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @08:15PM
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I remember people being disappointed about Bezos's talk last year at Startup School; it felt less like a personal startup story and more like an advertisement for Amazon Web Services. If he'd given a talk more like the one in the video, I doubt anyone would have been complaining.
Re:Tony Hsieh's Email to Employees RE: Zappos' Sale to Amazon
by staunch on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @10:47PM
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He taught everyone something really important: If you're in a big room full of perfect potential customers make sure you tell them to buy your product!
Re:Tony Hsieh's Email to Employees RE: Zappos' Sale to Amazon
by _g8fe on Thursday July 23, 2009 @05:49AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hxX_Q5CnaA
The link to the video.
Re:Tony Hsieh's Email to Employees RE: Zappos' Sale to Amazon
by brown9-2 on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @09:58PM
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I never realized how much of a geek Bezos is until watching this video.
Really awesome to see!
Re:Tony Hsieh's Email to Employees RE: Zappos' Sale to Amazon
by leftnode on Thursday July 23, 2009 @09:13AM
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Same here! My business partner and I recently launched an e-commerce site selling gun supplies and accessories. We're doing very well, but still text message each other when we get a new order. Still get that same thrill from the first order!
"It was a great moment when we would examine every order coming into Amazon. And it was always a family member placing the order. And the first order we got from a stranger, I remember, there was probabaly 10 of us in the company. We were all gathered around after the bell rang, looking at the order. And we were like 'Is that your mom?', 'Thats not my mom!'. And thus, it began."
Can totally relate to this feeling.