Foundation: Tony Hsieh On Building A Great Company Culture

Kevin rose sits down with Zappos founder Tony Hsieh about entrepreneurship, fostering corporate culture, and his latest project to fuel a thriving tech community in Las Vegas.

Tony opens up about starting his first company, LinkExchange, an early take on Web advertising which was acquired by Microsoft for $265 million. He tells why his first startup taught him to pay close attention to company culture, outlines how founders can map company culture to their personal values, and explains why Zappos actually pays people to quit. Tony also discusses his latest efforts to accelerate the tech ecosystem in Las Vegas and his goal to fund at least 100 local tech startups.

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[ocruz48088]

Mr. interviewer,  please stop talking!!!!!! It's not about you!!!! Wow!!! Let Tony talk!!!!

[Robert Chow]

great interview! Thanks Tony & Kevin!

[TheDude2366]

You know I REALLY wanted to watch this interview and find out more about Tony. But I got to 3 minutes and found it unwatchable due to the INTERVIEWER! Dude STFU and let Tony speak and quit telling us about YOU! Dammn.

[Jonathan Guzmán]

I meant his personal YouTube channel, he also uploads Foundation interviews on there. It's interesting to see revision3 also sharing Foundation interviews.

[Cormac Chisholm]

No Douchebag! its a Casual chat infront of a camera READ THE FUCKING DISCRIPTION!! No one cares about your Opinion!

[MollyLikeDrugs]

KEVIN shut the fuck up please, this is an interview

[Melissa Doyle]

Great video!



[Тимур Ядгаров]

super cool! thanks Tony for your open and clear dialog. It is possible to be yourself and to be somebody valuable for thousands of people. Here in Russia idea of Delivering happiness at work becomes more and more popular, thanks to Shereen Altobgy and Carlos Siera for coming to Online Retail Russia. Awaiting you, Tony for the next Forum.

[Preston Johnson]

It's tough to see Kevin interrupt Tony so much.