Summary of Kirsten Grind & Katherine Sayre's Happy at Any Cost

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Tony had just finished a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in Utah named Cirque Lodge. It was a celebrity facility, and he would have been treated there anyway, but the prices were typically higher for clients who couldn’t afford it.
#2 Tony began acting strangely at Zappos, his company, in 2020. He was talking a lot about outlandish ideas and plans all the time. His friends began to worry and thought he was taking ketamine, a drug used medically as an anesthetic that can cause hallucinations.
#3 The party was one of the incidents that convinced Tony's friends he might need help. They began to discuss rehab, but careful framing was required to persuade him. Some of his friends came on too strong, and told him that he was an addict or had a problem.
#4 Tony went to the Cirque Lodge program in Utah, which was a perfect match for him. It was a traditional program, but they also used experiential therapies to get clients distracted. On day thirteen, he left. Though there was a small front desk, there was no security. Clients could leave at any time.

Sujets

• Business

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 28 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669368687
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Kirsten Grind & Katherine Sayre's Happy at Any Cost
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Tony had just finished a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in Utah named Cirque Lodge. It was a celebrity facility, and he would have been treated there anyway, but the prices were typically higher for clients who couldn’t afford it.

#2

Tony began acting strangely at Zappos, his company, in 2020. He was talking a lot about outlandish ideas and plans all the time. His friends began to worry and thought he was taking ketamine, a drug used medically as an anesthetic that can cause hallucinations.

#3

The party was one of the incidents that convinced Tony's friends he might need help. They began to discuss rehab, but careful framing was required to persuade him. Some of his friends came on too strong, and told him that he was an addict or had a problem.

#4

Tony went to the Cirque Lodge program in Utah, which was a perfect match for him. It was a traditional program, but they also used experiential therapies to get clients distracted. On day thirteen, he left. Though there was a small front desk, there was no security. Clients could leave at any time.

#5

Tony had a habit of leaving places important to him early. In 1995, he quit his job at Oracle after being hired to be a software engineer. He and his Indian roommate Sanjay Madan planned to design company websites. His parents did not support this venture.

#6

In 1995, the internet was still in its infancy. It was a defining moment for Silicon Valley, as it was set to be flooded with money from companies advertising online. Tony and Madan had an idea for how to revolutionize internet advertising, and they launched LinkExchange.

#7

By 1997, LinkExchange had about fifty employees and had moved out of the cramped San Mateo apartment that Tony and Madan shared. The company had fierce competitors, including its biggest one, DoubleClick, which would be acquired by Google about a decade later.

#8

Tony, who was twenty-three at the time, had met up with his business partner Ali Partovi, who was twenty-three as well. They had competed together at a renowned worldwide coding competition in 1994. Tony didn’t like bureaucracy, and he didn’t like to speak in meetings.

#9

Tony had a unique way of looking at the world that made him seem childlike and enthusiastic. He hazed new employees, customers, and even prospective business partners. He came up with an unusual low-cost marketing strategy: emailing thousands of customers and asking them to display the LinkExchange logo in an unusual way.

#10

In the 1990s, Tony had the opportunity to sell LinkExchange to Yahoo! for $20 million, which would have given him and his executive team financial independence at a young age. However, they decided not to sell. Instead, they drew the attention of Michael Moritz, a well-known Silicon Valley investor, who invested $3 million in LinkExchange.

#11

Around LinkExchange, San Francisco was experiencing a renaissance. Raves had become part of the culture in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and they were held in secret warehouses. Tony was not a fan of techno music, but he went to a rave nonetheless.

#12

At LinkExchange, the culture was souring. The company was growing too large to be operated as a three-pronged team. Moritz stepped in to run it temporarily, but then the group hired an outsider, Mark Bozzini, the former CEO of Pete’s Brewing Company.

#13

After the LinkExchange sale, Tony earned $32 million. He would have earned 20 percent more if he had stuck to an agreement with Microsoft to stay with the company for a year. But Tony no longer liked the culture.

#14

Park City, Utah, was once a ghost town. In the 1950s, metal prices plummeted, and mines shut down. But the town was saved when a mining company decided to convert its cableways used for carrying silver ore to ferry skiers and tourists instead.

#15

In 1993, Orr left the newsroom and founded the Park City Institute, a nonprofit that brings performing arts and other cultural events to the town.