downtown project
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Zappos Isn’t A Cult? All Tony Hsieh’s Friends Got Matching Tattoos
Online retailer Zappos is known for its zany, zealous corporate culture. But one stunt seems to bridge the gap from “culture” to “cult”: For CEO Tony Hsieh’s 40th birthday party, his inner circle of friends — apparently calling themselves “Zapponians” — all got the same tattoo.
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Build For Locals And Tourists Will Come: Vegas’ Plan For Its Downtown
Between the Downtown Project’s area and the Arts District is the new Las Vegas City Hall, a gleaming mirage of a building surrounded by a forest of photovoltaics. This is where the city leadership moved after it leased its old City Hall to Tony Hsieh’s company Zappos — a move that you can’t help but…
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How The Downtown Project Is Solving Vegas’ Urban Problems In-House
When I meet Josh Westerholt at the offices of Project 100, the Las Vegas urban mobility startup that’s funded by the Downtown Project, we decide it would probably make sense to head out into downtown Vegas to tour their project area in person. From the other room, his co-worker has an even better idea: “Take…
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Exploring The Real Tech Story In Vegas: Zappos’ Downtown Project
On the way in from the airport, my driver didn’t want to drop me at the downtown Las Vegas address that I had provided him. “Oh man, I dunno,” he said. “It might not be very… nice.” When I explained I was there to cover the revitalisation of Las Vegas’s urban core he looked at…