Inside Tony Hsieh's Quiet Plan To Bankroll Hardware Startups

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Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:29PM from the rise-of-the-machines dept.

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."

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