Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose (2010) is a book by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. It details his life as an entrepreneur, ...DeliveringHappinessFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchDeliveringHappiness:APathtoProfits,Passion,andPurposeAuthorTonyHsiehCountryUnitedStatesLanguageEnglishGenreBusiness,Non-fictionPublicationdate2010(USA)Media typePrint(Hardcover&Paperback)Pages277p.(UShardcoveredition)DeliveringHappiness:APathtoProfits,Passion,andPurpose(2010)isabookbyZapposCEOTonyHsieh.Itdetailshislifeasanentrepreneur,withemphasisonthefoundingofLinkExchangeandZappos.Contents1Background2Synopsis3Releaseandreception4ReferencesBackground[edit]In2009,HsiehbeganwritingDeliveringHappinessoverLaborDayinLakeTahoe.[1]Hewrotemostofthebookstreamofconsciousness,oftencompleting3,000wordchunksadaythathewouldsendtohiseditorinNewYorkCity.[2]Whilewritingthebook,HsiehwasstillactingCEOofZapposaswellasacorporatespeaker.Duetothisgruelingschedule,hewouldoftenwritefor20to24hoursatatime,sleepforfourhoursorless,andthenresumeworking.Tostayawake,Hsiehsaysthat“wetriedcoffee.Andalcohol.Andthencoffeeandalcohol.Weactuallyputcoffeebeansinavodkabottle.”[2]Theentirewritingprocesstooktwoandahalfweeks.[3]Synopsis[edit]Thebookisdividedintothreesections:Profits;ProfitsandPassion;andProfits,Passion,andPurpose.Itiswritteninnarrativeformandincludesshort1-2pageentriesfromHsieh'sfriendsandemployees.Inthefirstsection,Hsiehdetailshisentrepreneurialadventuresfromwhenhewasyounguntilhewasincollege.Theseincludehisattempttostartanearthwormbreedingbusinessattheageof9,amailorderbuttonbusinessinmiddleschool,andagrilleatHarvardUniversity.Aftercollege,HsiehfoundedLinkExchange,whichhesoldtoMicrosoftfor$265milliontwoyearslater.HefoundedVentureFrogs,aninvestmentfund,ofwhichZapposwasoneoftheinvestments.Thesecondsection,ProfitsandPassion,detailsHsieh'sinvolvementwithZappos,beginningwithjoiningthecompanyfull-timeasCEOin2000.Thethirdsection,Profits,Passion,andPurpose,coversZappossaletoA