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From the Sandbox: Zappos Makes Me So Happy. By Axelle Tessandier

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

This article was written by Sandboxer Axelle Tessandier for ReadWriteWeb France – find the original post in French here. Follow Axelle on Twitter. Apparently they also sell shoes. I have never bought anything off their website but I have known about their innovative, for not saying “cool”, corporate culture for quite some time. Especially from [...]

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Weekly Inspiration #19: What is your higher purpose?

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

At LeWeb last week in Paris, Tony Hsieh delivered a very inspiring speech about his company - Zappos – and the importance of company culture. We have highlighted below the main points of his message and explained why we think that these ideas are very relevant to Sandbox. Define your core values A company that has [...]

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Zappos and the value of corporate culture

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Everybody talks about how important corporate culture is. But often, companies tend to see investments in corporate culture as «luxury» – something that is nice to have, but doesn’t really have a monetary value. Well, two days ago, online retail giant Amazon bought online shoe seller Zappos; they paid almost one billion dollars in shares [...]

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