"I've met some amazing people through Meetinnovators"
Tony Hsieh, CEO of
"Adrian is an internet version of
Larry King"
Larry King"
Keith Richman, CEO of
In July, we had an excellent impromptu MeetInnovators event in Las Vegas. We went for a private tour of the Zappos offices with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, and then to dinner with a small MeetInnovators CEO group at the Joel Robuchon Michelin 3 star restaurant.
Matthew Bye, Wilson Sonsini "royalty at zappos"
Left to right: Luiz Soares from Brazil, Tony Hsieh from Zappos, Adrian Bye (me), Mike Hussey from PEI, Matthew Bye from Wilson Sonsini, Joe Sugarman from Blublockers
When you leave the Zappos HQ, you take off your nametag and attach it to this ball. Eben Pagan was visiting the office a few days before, and you can see mine just above.
Tony Hsieh from Zappos explaining some points during our tour to Joe Sugarman and others
Mike Hussey from PEI
Joe Sugarman
Me at Tony Hsieh's desk (Zappos CEO)
In this photo (l-r): Christa Foley, Tony Hsieh, Matthew Bye, Alfred Lin, Adrian Bye
The project management office of zappos - converted into a mini starbucks
Zappos gives away a LOT of free books in their lobby - favourite books from their leadership team. There are several more bookshelves filled like this one.
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