Zappos Tour and Dinner

This was a tour of Zappos and dinner we made afterwards. In these photos: Tony Hsieh, Joe Sugarman, Luiz Soares, Matthew Bye, Mike Hussey, Bill Cody, Luke Burgis, Alfred Lin, Aaron Magness, Christa Foley, Andy Hsieh

Our trusty group that assembled for the Zappos tour: (l-r) Luiz Soares, Tony Hsieh (Zappos), Adrian Bye (MeetInnovators), Mike Hussey (PEI), Matthew Bye (WSGR), Joe Sugarman (Blublockers). Luiz flew in from Brazil just for the tour, Mike came in from Chicago and Joe had just arrived from Hawaii!

The original shoes which when they couldn't be found in a mall, inspired the formation of Zappos for ordering shoes online

As you walk around the tour, the paparazzi (Zappos employees) may take photos of you! I decided to be paparazzi paparazzi and take a photo of them

Zappos has a very unique style – with some similarities to Silicon Valley in the late 90's

Me with Tony in front of his desk. He's very accessible to his team.

Joe Sugarman being treated like "royalty" at Zappos. They make a big effort to take care of their partners.

Tony explaining some of the key aspects of the Zappos business model to Joe Sugarman

Employees are given a budget to customize their offices however they want. This area was turned into a mini starbucks!

One of things I really liked about Tony's leadership is he really emphasizes learning. This is a library of free books for anyone to take whatever they want. They're the books which have most influenced Tony and his team.

When you leave, you have to put your nametag on the ball. I hooked Eben Pagan up with a Zappos tour a few days earlier, you can see his name near mine.

Later that evening we went for a nice meal at the Joel Robuchon Michelin 3 star restaurant in Las Vegas. It was an outstanding meal!

Luke from Fitfuel and Mike Hussey from PEI (yes, we had a nice selection of drinks!)

Tony talking with my brother Matthew over dessert

Mike got to meet one of his heroes, Joe Sugarman. Mike runs a pretty large company now, but Joe was a big influence for him

The menu for dinner

.. and after dinner we went to a club — Tony bought TRIPLE shots of vodka for everyone.. Naturally I couldn't turn that down

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