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Delivering HappinessTony Hsieh
CEO – Zappos.com, Inc.
www.deliveringhappinessbook.com
PollstarFebruary 16, 2010
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A Little About Me (Tony)
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Building a brand that matters leads to repeat customers and word of mouth...
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Customer Experience
• What do customers expect?
• What do customers actually experience?
• What emotions do customers feel?
• What stories do they tell their friends?
• How can culture create more stories and memories?
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Ways to build culture
• Hire and fire based on culture
• Performance reviews based on culture
• Pay people to quit
• Commit to your culture, vision, and brand
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Example: Focusing on the 3 C’s
Clothing
Customer Service
Culture
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Clothing
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Customer Service
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Culture
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Clothing, Customer Service, Culture
Customer Service
Clothing
Culture
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Delivering Happiness(customers and employees)
“People may not remember exactly what you did or what you said, but they will always
remember how you made them feel.”
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Building Great
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CULTURE“Committable Core Values”
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Example: Core Values
1. Deliver WOW Through Service2. Embrace and Drive Change3. Create Fun and a Little Weirdness4. Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded5. Pursue Growth and Learning6. Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication7. Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit8. Do More with Less9. Be Passionate and Determined10. Be Humble
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COMMIT TO TRANSPARENCY
“Be real and you have nothing to fear”
Your culture is your brand
Don’t try to be someone you are not
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“That’s great…But it would never work
at my company.”
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It doesn’t matter what your core values are…as long as
you commit to them.
ALIGNMENT
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VISION“Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.”
Does the vision have meaning?
Chase the vision, not the money…
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VISION
“Don’t chase the paper, chase the dream.”
Sean Combs aka “Puff Daddy” to rapperBiggie Smalls aka “Notorious B.I.G.”
in Notorious
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ENTREPRENEURS:
“What would you be passionate about doing for 10 years even if you never made a dime?”
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EMPLOYEES:
What’s the larger vision and greater purpose in
their work beyond money or profits?
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VISION
MOTIVATIONvs.
INSPIRATION
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Vision & Cultureinspire
Passion & Purpose
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Example of evolving vision and brand
• 1999 Selection
• 2003 Customer Service
• 2005 Culture and core values as our platform
• 2007 Personal Emotional Connection
• 2009 Delivering Happiness
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Questions
• Where does the story begin?
• Where does the story end?
• How do you reinforce the good memories?
• What were the emotions, positive and negative?
• How can you create more stories and memories?
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My U2 experience
• Showing up 2 hours early with nothing to do• VIP tent empty and not exciting• Dealing with the crowds• Dealing with security• Long lines for drinks• Long lines for food• Long lines for bathroom• 30 minutes trying to find people after the show• 60 minutes trying to get out of the parking lot
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My U2 experience
• Catching up with friends before the show• Fun party bus to the show• Amazing lights, stage, music• Random guy getting pulled up on stage• Hanging out with friends after the show• Photos• Reading articles about the concert
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What’s your business?
• You’re not in the concert venue business.
• Cirque du Soleil is not in the circus business.
• You’re in the experience and emotions business.
• You’re in the stories and memories business.
• Think bigger.
TAKE A STEP BACKWhat is your goal in life?
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WHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE?
Grow Company
Get a Great Job
Boyfriend / Girlfriend Be Healthy
Retire Early Make Money Find Soul Mate Run Faster
Spend Time w/ Family Buy A Home Get Married Run A
Marathon
why? why? why? why?
why? why? why? why?
HAPPINESSwhy? why? why? why?
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RESEARCH HAS SHOWN:
HAPPINESSPeople are very bad at predicting what
will bring them sustained happiness.
“When I get ___, I will be happy.”
“When I achieve ___, I will be happy.”
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HAPPINESS:
• There is a SCIENCE behind many aspects of business including:• conversion• psychology of buying• direct marketing• customer acquisition metrics• repeat customer behavior, etc.
• What if you spent just 10% of your time studying and learning the SCIENCE of HAPPINESS?
• How much HAPPIER could you be?
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WHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE?
Grow Company
Get a Great Job
Boyfriend / Girlfriend Be Healthy
Retire Early Make Money Find Soul Mate Run Faster
Spend Time w/ Family Buy A Home Get Married Run A
Marathon
why? why? why? why?
why? why? why? why?
HAPPINESSwhy? why? why? why?
A Few Different Frameworks of
HAPPINESS
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Perceived Control
Perceived Progress
Connectedness
Vision / Meaning(Being part of something bigger than yourself)
A FEW DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS ON HAPPINESS:
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Maslow’s Hierarchy:
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Rock Star(Pleasure – chasing the next high)
Flow(Engagement – time flies)
Meaning /Higher Purpose(Being part of something bigger than yourself)
3 TYPES OF HAPPINESS
time
time
time
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
PEAKChip Conley
TRIBAL LEADERSHIPDave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright
FOUR HOUR WORK WEEKTim Ferriss
HAPPINESS HYPOTHESISJonathan Haidt
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Profits
Passion
Purpose
GREAT BUSINESS
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HAPPINESS
time
time
time
GREAT BUSINESS
Profits
Passion
Purpose
Pleasure
Passion
Purpose
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What % of your time do you want to spend learning about the SCIENCE of HAPPINESS?
How can the SCIENCE of HAPPINESS help your business, your brand, and yourself?
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If the research shows that vision / meaning / higher purpose
leads to happiness…
What is your company’s higher purpose?
What is your higher purpose?
Delivering HAPPINESS
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My new book is titled“Delivering Happiness”
To be published June 7, 2010www.deliveringhappinessbook.com
Delivering HappinessTony Hsieh
CEO – Zappos.com, Inc.
www.deliveringhappinessbook.com
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Legal and Financial Disclaimer
P.S. You might be wondering why we need to have a legal and financial disclaimer in this presentation, but you are still reading, so our lawyers, auditors and accountants would really like to make sure we make the following clarifications.
Although an audit was underway and almost done, the financial information presented in this slide show was unaudited. We made every effort to present the best information we had at the time.
Gross merchandise sales is a non-GAAP metric. We use it to express the total demand across all of our web sites and stores. This number measures the dollar value of the orders placed in the year before accruing for certain items such as returns, and it ignores certain timing cut-offs that are required by GAAP for revenue recognition purposes. If we were a public company, we would have to reconcile gross merchandise sales to the nearest GAAP metric (net sales), but we are currently a private company so the gross merchandise sales number should be viewed just as an interesting number that we want to share with our friends.
This presentation contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they ever materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and assumptions. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of economic slowdown, the risk of over or underbuying, the risk of consumers not shopping online or at our web site at the rate we expected, the risk of supplier shortages, the risk of new or growing competition, the risk of a natural or some other type of disaster affecting our fulfillment operations or web servers, and the risk of the world generally coming to an end. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including statements of expectation or belief; and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Zappos.com assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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