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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.

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Tony Hsieh
Age: 46 †
Born: 1973
Born: December 12
Died: 2020
Died: November 27
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Internet Entrepreneur
Urbana
Illinois
Xie Jiahua
Tony Xie
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Our customers call and e-mail us to say that's how it feels when a Zappos box arrives. And that's how we view this company.
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