Inside Tony Hsieh's Quiet Plan To Bankroll Hardware Startups 40
curtwoodward writes "Tony Hsieh made a fortune turning Zappos into a customer service-obsessed online shoe store. But as an investor, his newest obsession is ... robots? Welcome to the hardware boom, where startups making connected gadgets, smart vehicles, and drones are catching investors' eyes. A combination of cheaper components and crowdfunded pre-orders are behind the surge. But as the woman running Hsieh's hardware investments can tell you, getting those grand plans actually built overseas is the hard part."
Re:So why not build them in the US, then? (Score:4, Informative)
Because your job running a corporation nowadays is solely to provide a return to your investors soon, and little else, with little regard for anyone's long-term best interests.
I hate being all, Coprorations are evil, maaaaaaaaaan, but well...