Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsiehis an American internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the CEO of the online shoe and clothing shop Zappos. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co-founded the internet advertising network LinkExchange, which he sold to Microsoft in 1999 for $265 million...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
mean hug marketing
Twitter is like hugging. Just because it's hard to measure the return on investment doesn't mean there isn't value there.
great-business good-business profit
Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
figures personal-values corporate
Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
years numbers advice
My advice is to stop trying to "network" in the traditional business sense, and instead just try to build up the number and depth of your friendships, where the friendship itself is its own reward. The more diverse your set of friendships are, the more likely you'll derive both personal and business benefits from your friendship later down the road. You won't know exactly what those benefits will be, but if your friendships are genuine, those benefits will magically appear 2-3 years later down the road.
winning you-re-the-best competitors
If there are too many competitors, even if you're the best it's a lot harder to win.
motivational mean problem
Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we've gotten better.
strong thinking years
I think maybe 50 years ago people and businesses felt like they had to choose between maximizing profits and making customers happy or making employees happy, and I think we're actually living in a special time where everyone's hyperconnected, whether through Twitter or blogs and so on. Information travels so quickly that it's actually possible to have it all, to make customers happy through customer service, to make employees happy through strong company cultures, and have that actually drive growth and profits.
jobs new-york passion
A lot of people realize "I don't have to work in this job that I'm miserable at every year, or every day, and I don't have to live in, for example, New York City where it's super expensive and if I live somewhere else that is less expensive and could pursue my passion like, I can afford to do that."
inspirational business games
Don't play games that you don't understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.
winning effort conscious
Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins
things-in-life entrepreneur quality
To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.
eye corporations cost
It doesn't cost anything to say hi when you pass someone else in the hallway, whereas, most corporations if you pass you avoid eye contact.
motivational believe form
Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
fall culture fall-into-place
Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.