{"product_id":"delivering-happiness-a-path-to-profits-passion-and-purpose","title":"Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make money too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound crazy? It's all standard operating procedure at Zappos.com, the online retailer that's doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1999, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as an adviser and investor, and eventually became CEO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009, Zappos was listed as one of Fortune magazine's top 25 companies to work for, and was acquired by Amazon later that year in a deal valued at over $1.2 billion on the day of closing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his first book, Tony shares the different business lessons he learned in life, from a lemonade stand and pizza business through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Ultimately, he shows how using happiness as a framework can produce profits, passion, and purpose both in business and in life. (edited by author)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tony Hsieh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47762891145448,"sku":"9780446563048","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/8160\/6888\/files\/9780446563048.jpg?v=1761418312","url":"https:\/\/book-wyrm.net\/products\/delivering-happiness-a-path-to-profits-passion-and-purpose","provider":"The Book Wyrm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}