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☆ How a Tech Star Lost His Way
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Ellen Barry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

WONDER BOY: Tony Hsieh, Zappos and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley, by Angel Au-Yeung and David JeansA few chapters into “Wonder Boy,” Tony Hsieh sells his first company to Microsoft for $265 million. At 24, he is fabulously rich and one of the rising stars in the tech firmament. So he sits down to write a list of the happiest periods in his life. “Connecting with a friend and talking through the entire night until the sun rose made me happy,” he writes. Lying on the freezing ground on a filthy blanket, he suffered smoke inhalation that would kill him.

☆ Late Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh devised a '10X' scheme to spend his wealth in the last weeks of his life. Here's how those close to him took advantage of it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh died in 2020 following injuries he sustained in a house fire. Hsieh devised a scheme called "10X" that demanded achievement in multiples of ten, Forbes reported. In the last weeks of his life, the former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh spent much of his wealth in a scheme he devised called 10X. The LLC had $10 million to fund documentary film projects, which entitled Grande to a $1 million commission. The 10X scheme sometimes caused disputes.

☆ China protests 'vile' Taiwan visit by German minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has ramped up military, political and economic pressure to assert those claims. The politically sensitive visit is taking place as Berlin is reviewing its previously close ties with China. In January, a visit to Taiwan by a delegation of high-ranking lawmakers from the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), the smallest party in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, also led to protests from Beijing. "It is a great pleasure and honour for me to be the first minister heading a specialist government department to visit Taiwan in 26 years," she added. Given the sensitivity of the trip, Stark-Watzinger is not scheduled to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

☆ Amazon Changes at Zappos Slowly Dismantle Tony Hsieh’s Legacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Amazon .com Inc. is slowly dismantling Tony Hsieh’s version of Zappos, more than two years after the famed entrepreneur’s death. Zappos laid off more than 300 employees last month, or about 20% of the Las Vegas-based company’s workforce, according to people familiar with the layoffs and a Zappos memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

☆ I made the biggest decision of my career when I sold Credit Karma. Here are the 4 most important lessons I learned.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Kenneth Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kenneth Lin is the founder and CEO of Credit Karma, a personal-finance company that was sold to Intuit for a whopping $8.1 billion in one of the biggest fintech deals of 2020. Lin says it took months to decide on the acquisition and it was the biggest decision of his career. After countless Starbucks conversations and dozens of "duds," the idea for Credit Karma hit. This decision wasn't made overnight and neither was the success of Credit Karma. There's no blueprint for the perfect CEOLike others who start to ascend in their careers, I spent much of my early years at Credit Karma feeling a bit like an imposter.

☆ Late Zappos founder Tony Hsieh said he believed he was 'crystallizing' and part of 'a simulation' in month before death, court documents reveal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Court documents filed this week provide more insight into the final weeks of the life of Zappos founder Tony Hsieh. According to the documents, the month before his death, Hsieh, who was 46 at the time, was taken to the hospital after he said he believed he was "crystallizing." The documents, which also noted that Hsieh had begun chewing on cigarettes as his health declined, state that Hsieh first began using ketamine in November 2019 before openly experimenting with nitrous oxide, KTNV reported. Per KTNV, Andrew Hsieh was offered a $1 million salary to care for his brother. According to the filings, Andrew Hsieh also requested that "vitamins and protein supplements" be added to his brother's food, as he was becoming increasingly emaciated, KTNV reported.

☆ Egiptul nu vrea să lase nava Ever Given să iasă din Canalul Suez până nu vor fi plătite despăgubirile
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

În timp ce nava Ever Given, care aparține companiei EverGreen, a fost deblocată, autoritățile egiptene nu vor să o lase să iasă din Canalul Suez. Compania ar trebui să plătească pentru „haosul creat”, iar amenda ar putea ajunge până la un miliard de dolari, relatează Business Insider. „Nava va rămâne aici până la finalizarea investigațiilor și până la plata despăgubirilor. În momentul în care se angajează să plătească despăgubirile, nava va ieși din canal”, a declarat Osama Rabie, șeful Autorității Canalului Suez. Mai mult de atât, el a spus că nici măcar nu a fost anunțat oficial de către autoritățile egiptene, ci a aflat din presă.

Persons: Osama, Eric Hsieh Organizations: Autorității Locations: Canalul Suez, Suez

☆ Clasamentul WTA - Simona Halep se menţine pe locul 2; Iga Swiatek a urcat pe 17
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-12 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +3 min

Americanca Sofia Kenin, finalistă la Paris, a urcat două poziţii şi se află pe patru, la doar 20 de puncte de Osaka. În ierarhia WTA Race, care contabilizează rezultatele din anul în curs, Kenin a urcat pe primul loc, făcând rocada cu Osaka, în timp ce Simona Halep rămâne pe locul al treilea. Swiatek a urcat 46 de locuri şi e a cincea. Simona Halep 7.2553 (3). Simona Halep 2.7704 (4).

Persons: Românca Simona Halep, Roland Garros, Naomi, Sofia, Patricia Ţig, Irina Begu, Sorana Cîrstea, Ana Bogdan, Irina Bara, Raluca Olaru, Monica Niculescu, Andreea Mitu, Kenin, Simona, Swiatek, Ashleigh, Simona Halep, Elina, Karolina Pliskova, Bianca Andreescu, Petra Kvitova, Kiki, Serena Williams, Iga, Patricia Maria, Irina, Sorana, Ana Bogdan 805, Mihaela, Elena, Gabriela, Laura Ioana, Alexandra, Nicoleta Dascălu, Barbora, Kristina Mladenovic, Timea, Arina, Elise Mertens, Katerina Siniakova, Yifan, Gabriela Dabrowski, Garbine, Elena Rîbakina, Ana Bogdan 409 Organizations: Agerpres, WTA Race, WTA Locations: Australia, Halep, Naomi Osaka, Paris, Osaka, România, Japonia, SUA, Ucraina, Cehia, Canada, Olanda, Polonia, Hsieh, Taiwan, Franţa, Ungaria, Belarus, Belgia, China, Azarenka, Spania, Kazahstan

☆ Simona Halep şi-a consolidat poziţia a doua în clasamentul WTA după titlul cucerit la Roma
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-22 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +3 min

Românca Simona Halep şi-a consolidat poziţia a doua în clasamentul mondial al jucătoarelor profesioniste de tenis (WTA), dat publicităţii luni, după ce a câştigat titlul în turneul Premier 5 de la Roma, potrivit Agerpres. La dublu, Raluca Olaru a urcat 15 poziţii şi se află pe 40, în urma finalei de la Roma. În ierarhia WTA Race la simplu, pentru Turneul Campioanelor, Simona Halep a urcat de pe cinci pe trei, fiind devansată de Naomi Osaka şi Sofia Kenin, cele două campioane de Mare Şlem de anul acesta. Simona Halep (România) 7.2553 (3). Simona Halep 2.5304 (3).

Persons: Românca Simona Halep, Roland Garros, Patricia Ţig, Irina, Sorana, Ana Bogdan, Irina Bara, Raluca Olaru, Simona Halep, Naomi, Ashleigh, Karolina Pliskova, Elina, Sofia, Bianca Andreescu, Kiki, Serena Williams, Belinda, Patricia Maria, Ana Bogdan 755, Mihaela, Monica Niculescu, Elena, Gabriela, Laura Ioana, Nicoleta Dascălu, Alexandra, Barbora, Kristina Mladenovic, Timea, Arina, Elise Mertens, Yifan, Gabriela Dabrowski, Katerina Siniakova, Andreea Mitu 756, Garbine, Petra Kvitova, Jennifer Brady, Elena Rîbakina, Ana Bogdan 339 Organizations: Agerpres, Halep, Turneul Locations: Roma, - Mer, Naomi Osaka, Sofia, Australia, România, Japonia, Cehia, Ucraina, SUA, Canada, Olanda, Hsieh, Taiwan, Franţa, Ungaria, Belarus, Belgia, China, Azarenka, Spania, Kazahstan

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