Hsieh, who owns ten pairs of shoes and can't recall more than two of the brand names, insists Zappos' corporate personality gives it an edge on copycats.
And it could be worse for the Big Ten: Imagine if the two conferences hadn't backtracked on a planned long-term agreement to play nonconference games against one another.
The child who could wait fifteen minutes had an S.A.T. score that was, on average, two hundred and ten points higher than that of the kid who could wait only thirty seconds.