News this week of layoffs at Tony Hsieh’s much-ballyhooed Downtown Project led to lots of questions about the visionary effort’s future. A lot has been written by the press and Hsieh… Read more »
News that Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project in Las Vegas is imploding was surprising, but not shocking. When you live in Sin City, a lot of the talk is about sweetheart deals… Read more »
Zappos has taken another unconventional step. Recently the company dropped official job titles as part of CEO Tony Hsieh’s embrace of Holacracy, the manager-less organizational method (see Leanership trumps leadership), also adopted… Read more »
Two university professors interested in entrepreneurship wanted to test the assumption that entrepreneurs are motivated by the potential upside of starting a gazillion dollar business. Hongwei Xu and Martin Reuf polled 60,000… Read more »
Tech Cocktail, a company that covers startup-related news and organizes events, has received $2.5 million from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project, which aims to revitalize downtown Las Vegas. Read more »
Downtown Vegas is going personal car free (or hoping to) with the launch of Project 100, the out-there transportation service for the Downtown Project, from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. Read more »
The Wall Street Journal crunched some census data, and learned that remote work has grown a bit over the past ten years, but in a non-uniform fashion. Neil Shah, More Americans… Read more »
I was talking with Jennifer Magnolfi, a leading proponent of the new thinking behind workplace design and its impact on innovation, creativity, and work culture. Since I had her on the… Read more »
For every high point of 2012, there were also a few forehead-slapping moments. From Apple Maps to HP’s Autonomy to the Facebook IPO, here’s the best of the worst. Read more »
The online shoe retailer has big plans for its new downtown Las Vegas digs, CEO Tony Hsieh recently explained at Venture For America’s Summer Celebration, where he laid out his vision… Read more »