Podcasts Technology Acquired Season 2, Episode 1: Zappos (with Alfred Lin)

Season 2, Episode 1: Zappos (with Alfred Lin)

Published: Jan. 23, 2018, 3:46 a.m.

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Former Zappos Chairman & COO (and current Partner at Sequoia Capital) Alfred Lin joins our heroes to kick off Season 2 with a classic: Amazon\\u2019s 2009 acquisition of the internet\\u2019s quirkiest online retailer for $1.2B in stock. How did three Harvard undergrads go from delivering pizza to their dorm to delivering happiness to the world \\u2014 and become in the process one of the few companies ever to compete successfully head-to-head against Amazon in commerce? Tune in to find out!\\xa0

Note: Unfortunately the quality of David and Alfred\\u2019s audio tracks in this episode were significantly impacted by a processor issue on David\\u2019s computer, which we didn\\u2019t discover until after recording. We\\u2019ve worked hard to fix in post-production, but it\\u2019s still far from perfect. Still, the content from Alfred is so good, we felt we had to put this episode out there even though the audio quality isn\\u2019t up to par. We hope you\\u2019ll give it a listen regardless, and we\\u2019re working on getting a transcript made ASAP as well.\\xa0

-Ben & David

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