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He was also a booster of the city of Las Vegas, where Zappos is headquartered, and a thought leader in entrepreneurship and business, starting with the publication of his book, Delivering Happiness.

It wasn’t altruism; Zappos was better off without employees who didn’t want to be there. But, I can’t help but think that it was a real favor for people who took jobs at Zappos only to realize it wasn’t the right fit.

Reports say Hsieh was injured in a house fire in New London, Connecticut on November 18, before succumbing on Friday. The story of what happened is still developing; local news reports said fire officials called it an “active investigation.

With his questions still unanswered, Wemple has continued to raise doubts about the piece — and recently tweeted that The Atlantic’s retraction did not go far enough: “There’s still a lot in [the article] to correct, imo. The distortions and nonsense in the piece all lean in one direction — toward making the parents of Fairfield County appear more unreasonable and tyrannical and status-conscious than they are.”

Wemple: Squash lessons: The piece makes the claim that parents routinely pay $400 for squash lessons of 45 minutes. I have seen some price listings, and most are in the $100 range, even in these well-to-do jurisdictions. Can you provide any examples of $400 squash lessons?

On October 29th, when Wemple contacted me with a list of questions about the piece, The Atlantic asked me not to respond. They requested instead that I send my answers to the magazine’s research department, which was in the midst of a line-by-line reexamination of the story.

Short version: I started a new six-figure job as a lawyer, only to realize on the very first day that I’d made a big mistake in taking it. I quit immediately — there was no $1,000 or $5,000 offer in it — and the situation motivated me to start a business quickly that could support a family.

The Atlantic’s fact-checker confirmed the accuracy of the $400 ceiling with top-tier squash coaches Wael El-Hindi and Imran Khan — both of whom served as on-the-record sources for the piece.

“Why?” asked Bill Taylor in Harvard Business Review in 2008, when the maximum “offer” was $1,000. “Because if you’re willing to take the company up on The Offer, you obviously don’t have the sense of commitment they are looking for.”

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Not just the quirkiness for which he was known — a near-billionaire who lived in an Airstream trailer because, as he once explained, he valued experiences over things — but instead, for the 2-word policy Zappos had for new employees.

A while later, when I wrote about it, I got my 15 minutes of fame out of the whole experience. But the real benefit was reaffirming that life was too fleeting to spend more than a single day in a job I knew would not be for me.

I regret that I did not speak with Wemple while he was reporting on my story. I’d like to take this opportunity to answer his specific queries now, in the spirit of transparency and clarity, and for Atlantic readers who were drawn in by the piece and shared it with friends. They deserve to know if it is credible.

My response: First: my piece states that parents pay up to $400 — not that they routinely pay this rate. Second: the most sought-after instructors for top juniors don’t advertise their services via web listings. Examples of squash coaches who’ve charged $400 for a 45–60 minute lesson include Hisham Ashour, ex-pro and older brother of former world #1 Ramy Ashour; British coach and commentator Paul “PJ” Johnson; and former British national team coach David Pearson. Additionally, Natalie Grainger, former world #1 pro and former head squash instructor at Chelsea Piers in Stamford, CT, charged $350 for 45-minute private lessons in 2018.

Hsieh sold Zappos to Amazon in 2009, and I suppose the reason that “The Offer” resonated so sharply with me when I first heard about it is because of what I was doing at exactly that time.