Tony Hsieh, Zappos' chief executive, is also developing a large co-working space in downtown Las Vegas, and Zappos employees are encouraged to work out of co-working facilities, the company says.

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Ali serves as a mentor to Startup Labs-Syracuse and at Cornell University Ali is a junior and a co-founder of the co-working space: The PopShop.

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