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Favorite Programming Quotes 2009 « Jasper Blog — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:02:12 +0000

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Rage Against the Machine | CloudAve — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:42:52 +0000

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Many Niches » Blog Archive » I Do Not Hate VCs — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:00:55 +0000

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By: homewealthbizsecret

homewealthbizsecret — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:30:33 +0000

Great post, I know that Zappos culture was one of the reasons that Amazon is interested in the company.

By: Jamess

Jamess — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:52:48 +0000

I think the common misconception is that Zappos is like any other company. What you’re seeing at the heart of Zappos is a programmer who was tired of seeing small companies with great ideas, being bought out, re-arranged, and spit out (If you know Tony’s history you’d understand this isn’t your typical VC business offshoot). I think everyones in for a big disappointment when Zappos isn’t rearranged to “Amazon for Shoes” later down the road.

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Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for July 24th - The zeitgeist daily — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:07:00 +0000

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links for 2009-07-23 « Blarney Fellow — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:07:42 +0000

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By: Brandon Watson

Brandon Watson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:41:45 +0000

@Michael, I haven’t ever worked for Amazon, so I go only on those accounts read and related to me by friends. Same with Zappos. They are very different cultures, and if Zappos can stay located where they are (physically), there’s a chance that they don’t change much. Acquisitions generally (certainly more often than not) change the culture of the purchased company.