New Series: The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh

Fox Hunter

Imperative Entertainment

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Billionaire Zappos founder and tech CEO Tony Hsieh was obsessed with happiness and helping people achieve it. After running “the world’s happiest company” for two decades, Hsieh created his experimental community — The Downtown Project — dedicated to pursuing happiness. But what do Tony's life and death reveal about Silicon Valley’s obsession with re-imagining how society functions? "A gripping tale" - The Guardian Listen and follow now: https://link.chtbl.com/costofhappiness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the early 2000s, the head of a struggling company is desperate to turn things around.
0:07.0	So, he tries something a bit different.
0:10.0	Sales associates dressed as barmaid, spider men in the cafeteria,
0:15.0	racing toy cars in the middle of the office.
0:19.0	What if you got rid of stuffy workplace culture and replaced it with fun?
0:25.0	One of our core values is to create fun in a little weirdness.
0:29.0	We really recognize and celebrate each person's individuality.
0:35.0	It's the brainchild of a man named Tony Shea,
0:38.0	Internet wonder kind, venture capitalist,
0:41.0	and the CEO of the online shoe store, Zapos.
0:45.0	Tony believes that if employees are happy, customers will be two,
0:49.0	and the profits will flow.
0:51.0	And we knew that it wasn't just about building a business.
0:54.0	It was about building a lifestyle that was about delivering happiness to everyone.
0:58.0	And it works.
1:01.0	Zapos is now so successful that last fall, Amazon paid $1.2 billion to acquire it.
1:09.0	But Tony isn't satisfied.
1:12.0	He doesn't just want to build businesses.
1:14.0	He wants to build worlds.
1:16.0	So he takes his theory of happiness to new heights.
1:19.0	We can make downtown Vegas the most community focused large city
1:23.0	in the world.
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