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Niraj Shah Discusses Importance of Hiring Team Oriented People

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  • Date Added : 10/11/2013
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Niraj Shah

  • Co-founder, Wayfair
  • male
  • Asian
  • 1973 (Age: 51 years old)
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
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Biography

Niraj Shah is the CEO and Co-founder of Wayfair, formerly known as CSN Stores, the leading online home goods retailer with 2012 sales in excess of $600 Million. Niraj has been included in the Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40, and has won the Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Niraj Shah is a graduate of Cornell University.

People that say, Oh, what kind of people do you hire? We basically say we try to hire people who are bright, people who are hardworking, people who are analytical and people who are team oriented. They say, Okay, why those things? Well, those are the things we don't know how to teach anyone, those ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 11 Steve Conine Discusses Difficult Conversations Early In Partnership
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Steve Conine
  • 1 min. 47 sec.
Video 2 of 11 Steve Conine Discusses Mistakes And Challenges In Partnerships
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Steve Conine
  • 1 min. 18 sec.
Video 3 of 11 Steve Conine States You Have Nothing To Lose In a College Startup
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Steve Conine
  • 0 min. 26 sec.
Video 4 of 11 Steve Conine Discusses Open Company Culture
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Steve Conine
  • 0 min. 31 sec.
Video 5 of 11 Steve Conine Discusses Effects Of Bootstrapping The Company
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Steve Conine
  • 0 min. 35 sec.
Video 6 of 11 Niraj Shah Discusses Starting The Journey
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Niraj Shah
  • 1 min. 9 sec.
Video 7 of 11 Niraj Shah Discusses Mistakes And Partnerships
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Niraj Shah
  • 0 min. 56 sec.
Video 8 of 11 Niraj Shah Discusses Having Shared Motivation And Goals
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Niraj Shah
  • 1 min. 12 sec.
Video 9 of 11 Niraj Shah Provides Background on Company, Wayfair
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Niraj Shah
  • 1 min. 52 sec.
Video 10 of 11 Niraj Shah Discusses Importance of Hiring Team Oriented People
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Niraj Shah
  • 0 min. 25 sec.
Video 11 of 11 Niraj Shah States It Is Beneficial For Cofounders To Have Complementary Skills
  • Steve Conine and Niraj Shah - Lecture - Wayfair
  • 10/11/2013
  • Niraj Shah
  • 0 min. 30 sec.

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