March 1, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we're releasing the last presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO and author of the New York Times bestseller "Delivering Happiness". When Tony confirmed that he'd be able to make Big Omaha 2010, we all knew we were in for a treat. Tony shared many of the details around what has made the Zappos organization… read more
September 7, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Last week the Delivering Happiness bus descended on Omaha, Nebraska. It was the second time that Tony Hsieh along with members of the Zappos and Delivering Happiness team were in our city, the first being Hsieh's talk at Big Omaha 2010. When I heard that Hsieh was planning a bus tour across America on behalf of the release of Delivering Happiness, which is now a New York Times… read more
August 26, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Tony Hsieh, author of “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose” and CEO of Zappos, will be speaking in Omaha next Wednesday, September 1, about his book and the story behind Zappos' amazing growth. Hsieh, the Delivering Happiness Bus Tour team, and the "Happy Bus" (see video below) are stopping in Omaha as part of a three-month, 20-city tour. We've teamed up… read more
May 9, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha About a week ago, I had the privilege of interviewing one of this decade's leading entrepreneurs, Tony Hsieh. Prior to building Zappos into a company that Amazon would eventually acquire for 850 million-dollars, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft for 265 million-dollars in 1998. Tony's passion and drive to build Zappos' company culture is infectious… read more
April 26, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, April 27) I will be interviewing Big Omaha 2010 speaker Tony Hsieh, author of the upcoming book Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos, and I want to hear from you, our readers, as to the questions you'd like me to ask Tony. Ideas, suggestions, feedback and thoughts are all open, please leave your comment below and we'll try to get through as many questions as possible! We're excited to have Tony in for Big Omaha in just over two weeks! Get your tickets today if you haven't because…well, you know the drill! For those unfamiliar with Tony and his study of happiness… read more