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Tony Hsieh

Delivering Happiness

Build a business where profits grow because people love what they do and why they do it.
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Company culture focused on happiness drives profits more than financial focus – Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh shows how Zappos built a billion-dollar business on joy. This comprehensive culture-building guide and happiness principles reveal:
  • Culture as Strategy - Strong culture eliminates need for most policies
  • Customer Service Excellence - Deliver WOW through service becomes competitive advantage
  • Core Values Hiring - Hire for culture fit first, skills second
  • Holacracy Experiment - Self-management structures enable scaling culture
What most summaries miss: Hsieh's "pay to quit" program strengthened culture by removing uncommitted employees. Build your Click.Apply.Grow™ happy culture: Define ten core values collectively. Hire for culture fit. WOW one customer daily. Companies prioritizing happiness report 75% higher profits and 87% employee retention. Deliver happiness. Receive profits.

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About the Author

Tony Hsieh was the visionary CEO who built Zappos into a $2 billion company by prioritizing happiness over profits.

Harvard computer science graduate who sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265 million at age 24, then transformed online shoe retail. Under his leadership (2000-2020), Zappos achieved $1 billion in sales in just 8 years—fastest in e-commerce history. His book Delivering Happiness spent 27 weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list. Pioneered holacracy management and downtown Las Vegas revitalization ($350 million invested).

What sets Hsieh apart: He paid new employees $2,000 to quit, ensuring only committed people stayed—a practice now adopted by Amazon and other giants.

His customer service philosophy influences thousands of companies. Businesses implementing Hsieh's culture-first approach report 75% higher customer lifetime value.

The CEO who proved culture beats strategy.

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