Tony was trying to build a village in Utah in Park City with Zappos employees, offering them a double pay for moving there.
"Hsieh retreated to Park City, where he surrounded himself with yes-men, paying dearly for the privilege. With a net worth that Forbes recently estimated, conservatively, at $700 million, Hsieh’s offer was simple: He would double the amount of their highest-ever salary. All they had to do was move to Park City with him and “be happy."
But creating a place that’s financially incentivized most probably created an environment based on the wrong motivations.
A deep story that touches upon a complex character, driven by the desire to make the world a better place and getting lost in his perfection - seeing happiness as a problem to solve, an algorithm to crack, and getting lost in this quest...
I assume that Tony created his employee-village in Park City as it’s next to the Powder Mountain project.
A few years back, Summit Series - a community and events series for leading influencers, from entrepreneurs to academics, artists, and philanthropists - bought a mountain in Utah with the goal to build a mountain village for the “community of leading influencers and decision-makers.”
From Tim Ferriss to Richard Branson, Hollywood actors and Miguel McKelvey, co-founder of WeWork, a lot have already said yes to Powder Mountain.
Now imagine all these decision-makers living nearby, literally in walking distance. What amount of encounters, ideas and decisions will come out of it?
Which brings me back to… when coliving is like a highway: It puts you through life at 10x speed (read more in my blogpost about this).
And that’s one of the major advantages of shared (or nearby) living: an increased amount of moments of encounter. In two words: higher serendipity.
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Nothing to do with coliving. Just the song of the month: https://open.spotify.com/track/2b0MFidgb1CawipxhXXMR3?si=rT_-tZEhS1yYCNbKK5zAeg ✨
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Chilly, a song by L.B. One on Spotify
Interesting piece by Olivia Roche on "Why we need to think differently about shared housing: The ‘hidden demographic’ and the commercialisation of co-living."
Main point: the majority of "young professionals" are not the ones with mid-end income in urban cities. THey're the ones with low-end incomes, living in second-tier cities, and often with their parents or cheap HMOs.
If we don't provide a solution to the "forgotten ones", coliving will remain a high-end product only:
https://www.residentsharer.com/think-piece
Main point: the majority of "young professionals" are not the ones with mid-end income in urban cities. THey're the ones with low-end incomes, living in second-tier cities, and often with their parents or cheap HMOs.
If we don't provide a solution to the "forgotten ones", coliving will remain a high-end product only:
https://www.residentsharer.com/think-piece