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Remembering Tony Hsieh of Zappos

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Hey everyone. So as some of you may know, over the break We heard the sad news about the death of Tony Shay, the co founder and longtime head of Zappos. When I interviewed Tony three years ago on the show I have to admit, it was one of the hardest interviews I'd done at that point.

And Not because Tony was difficult or belligerent or evasive. To the contrary, he was kind and polite and genuinely sweet. The problem was that Tony had such a hard time talking about his achievements and his incredible vision for how to run a business.

He was so modest and so humble that I literally had to beg him to brag a little. But in the end. We were able to pull out an incredible story from Tony. And

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