Tony Hsieh
3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2022 by Luke Burgess · said 24 times in 2 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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brought up most by Alfred Lin (16), Luke Burgess (7), Shane Parrish (1)
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2025 17 mentions in 1 episode
2022 7 mentions in 1 episode
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May 31, 2022 neutral
Burgis: Tony Hsieh demanded empirical proof of happiness before considering marriage
“His approach was, you know, basically in a very empirical one, you know, it was like, well, I need like evidence, right? I need evidence that I will be happier married than not married. And you know, I didn't really know what to say to that because like the on…”
Jan 21, 2025 positive
Zappos reached $1.6 billion in sales on just $10 million in equity
“Tony invested ten million dollars of his own money, but most of it was financed through being very, very creative, figuring out how to get merchants that we ordered from to give us credit and to increase the credit line. We had a, eventually got a line of cred…”
Jan 21, 2025 negative
Lin: LinkExchange degraded its culture by hiring for conventional fit without defined values
“Tony Hsieh had this experience at Link Exchange where we didn't define the values of the company. We started hiring people that were conventionally right for the positions in the job, and one day he woke up and realized the company that he had founded and buil…”