Exploring America’s Innovation
From the monthly archives:
Following the Innovators’ Road Trip, we were all in Austin for the SXSWi conference. While the weekend was busy for everyone, I managed to sneak in some time to grab a quick interview with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. Because time was limited, I limited myself to the one question that was on everyone’s mind while in their warehouse in Louisville.
Hear what Tony has to say about the robots being used in the Zappos fulfillment process.
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We were lucky to receive a tour of the Zappos Warehouse from Isaac Smitley, of the IT department.
Towards the end of the tour, we came to a large rubber ball. It’s made entirely of rubber bands and is about the size of a yoga ball now. But it started out as a small project – or a challenge – that employees took to enthusiastically.
With each passing day, more rubber bands were affixed to the ball and it grew.
Now, at yoga-ball size, it’s impossible for one person to lift and it still get’s rubber bands added to it each day.
The ball speaks to persistence and loyalty to a project. Along those same lines, if you listen closely, you’ll hear Isaac say that he loves the company and hopes to have his entire working career with Zappo’s. Enjoy…
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The second interview of the evening at the Louisville Tweetup at Molly Malone’s was with Joe Wheeler, CEO of Tallulah Cosmetics – enjoy his new take on the cosmetics business!
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After a long day of driving midway through iRoadTrip, we stopped at Molly Malone’s in Louisville, Kentucky for a tweetup organized by Todd Earwood.
The night was filled with fantastic conversation about how each person had been touched by innovation and what they saw coming down the pipe regarding technology, business and life.
Luckily we were able to corner Todd and Kevin Frey (partners in a neat venture, MoneyPath, that finds money for businesses).
Here are their interviews…
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I caught up with Bryan Person from LiveWorld in the hall at SXSW and asked him several questions about how they’re innovating and what their clients are doing that’s cutting edge. Bryan and team were kind enough to buy lunch for the iRoadTrip team during our final push to Austin on Friday. Thanks!
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