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'Amazon bought Zappos partly because there was little overlap in customers,' said Lin It was in November that Amazon closed its $1.2 billion (at Amazon’s current stock price) acquisition of mega shoe e-tailer Zappos. The three months may seem like ages ago, but the two companies are still in the early stages of integrating and learning from one another. In this second part of my four-part interview with Alfred Lin, COO and CFO of Zappos and an entrepreneur known for being skillful at selling companies, Alfred talks about why Amazon bought the shoe e-tailer. Surprisingly, Amazon had little customer overlap with Zappos, said Alfred, making the acquisition a good fit. Alfred doesn't get into too many details about how Amazon is helping the shoe e-tailer go beyond footwear, but he said that Zappos ...   [ Read more ]
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September 02, 2010
Former CEO of Gaia Online shares his view on the evolution of gaming and what’s in store for Gaia This summer, I caught up with Craig Sherman, formerly CEO of Gaia Oline, an online hangout/virtual world primarily for teenage girls. This interview was taken before Craig stepped down as CEO. ...
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August 31, 2010
Startup attracts 11 angel investors, including Keith Rabois, Russ Fradin, Dave McClure and more Empowering people with an ability to make connections and the tools to attract an audience is what the Internet is all about. And, Udemy hopes its new round of financing will help them do that for ...
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August 27, 2010
Vator’s Startup Sessions takes you into the creative startup culture of iPhone app developer, Smule (Note: This mini-documentary was originally posted in April 2010. But we wanted to highlight it again because we thought it was so cool.) I've been a fan of Smule since the company ...
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August 23, 2010
Craig Sherman, former CEO of Gaia, talks about continuous deployment and listening to the user Given the popularity of online communities, it’s always useful to hear from those experienced at building them talk about their failures and the lessons they learned from them. One of my favorites ...
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August 23, 2010
Profitable and growing, SideReel is becoming the place to track TV shows Despite the many number of video-tracking and video-search engines that have emerged and gone bust, SideReel continues to grow like gangbusters and become profitable. All this on just a relatively little amount of ...
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