When you’re toiling away at your grand masterplan it is great when you get some external validation. It’s not always directly related to where you are, but it still makes you feel that you might be on the right track.
And some validation came today for Texas Holdem Investing when Zappos was acquired by Amazon for $920m.
Well done to Zappos and their CEO – Tony Hsieh – who wrote the following CEO Letter about the deal. Techcrunch also writes about it in detail and the inimitable Seth Godin also blogs about it in terms of the incredible culture that Zappos have developed in his piece entitled “When you buy Zappos what do you buy?”
And the Texas Holdem Investing validation? Well Tony Hsieh says that he has learnt a huge amount about the business world from poker – and he is even writing a book about it! Competition I hear you say. Well not really because it will be a different space.
If Texas Holdem Investing even creates 0.1% of the value of Zappos, well the Masked Financier will be happy.
You can see Tony’s musings on business and poker at the following blog posts:
- Everything I know about business I learned from poker
- Poker, business and life – it’s never too late to change tables
Now, maybe I’ll get a new pair of shoes…
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