Cliffton: Tony Hsieh Bet on Romotive When Founders Had No Credibility
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton · Delivering the future in drones with Keller Rinaudo Cliffton of Zipline · Jul 13, 2023 · at 4:36
Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton reflects on how the late Zappos founder Tony Hsieh became an early backer of his previous robotics startup, Romotive.
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“Of trying to build a new kind of robotics company, and he was willing to take a bet on three nerds who had no credibility and no money.”
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