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Zappos - HCI - 3-10-09

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Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, discusses the company's background and culture. Zappos started as an online shoe retailer in 1999 and has since expanded to other product categories. The company emphasizes delivering happiness to both customers and employees through excellent customer service and a strong company culture defined by its 10 core values. Hsieh argues that committing to core values and transparency is key to building a sustainable brand in the long run, even if it means slower short-term profits.

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Delivering Happiness Tony Hsieh - CEO [email_address] twitter.com/zappos HCI – National Human Capital Summit March 10, 2009
 
My background (Tony) 1994-1995: Pizza Business in college 1996-1998: LinkExchange (online advertising) Sold to Microsoft for $265 million 1999: Venture Frogs (investment company) Invested in Zappos.com 1999-Today: Zappos.com
Zappos at a Glance Background Founded in 1999 1400 employees (half in Las Vegas headquarters, half in Kentucky) #23 in FORTUNE MAGAZINE’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” Highest debut for a newcomer in 2009 Zappos is “Powered by Service” Providing the best online shopping experience possible. Fast, Free Shipping . Free return shipping. 365-day return policy. Fast fulfillment. Expedited delivery. Fast, friendly & expert customer service . Best selection Over 1000 brands, over 200,000 styles, over 900,000 unique UPCs. About 4 million items in warehouse, 100% of products inventoried (no drop ship). Zappos is a service company that happens to sell shoes, clothing, handbags, eyewear, watches (and eventually a whole bunch of other stuff).
Recent Recognition OPRAH (2008/2009) FORTUNE “100 Best Companies To Work For” #23 (2009) - Highest ranking newcomer Fast Company “50 Most Innovative Companies” #20 (2009) BusinessWeek Top 25 “Customer Service Champs” #7 (2009)
Customer service value proposition in action… Zappos is committed to WOWing each and every customer. Customers come… 10M total purchasing customers (3.3% of US population) 4 M have purchased in the last 12 months Customers come back… On any given day, about 75% of purchases from returning customers Repeat customers order >2.5x in the next 12 months Customers come back, order more and order more often… Repeat customers have higher average order size $111.98 – first time customers in Q406 $143.22 – returning customer in Q406
Power of Repeat Customers & Word of Mouth
Customer Service: What Customers First See 24/7 1-800 number on every page Free shipping Free return shipping 365-day return policy
Customer Service: What Customers Experience Fast, Accurate Fulfillment Most customers are “surprise”-upgraded to overnight shipping Create WOW Friendly, helpful “above and beyond” customer service Occasionally direct customers to competitors’ web sites
Customer Service: What We Do Internally No call times, no sales-based performance goals for reps. The telephone is one of the best branding devices available. Run warehouse 24/7 Inventory all product (no drop-ship) 5 weeks of culture, core values, customer service, and warehouse training for everyone in Las Vegas We’ll pay you $2000 to quit Culture book Interviews and performance reviews are 50% based on core values and culture fit
 
Owning the 3 C ’s: C lothing C ustomer Service C ulture
ZAPPOS Delivering Happiness (for 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.”
CULTURE “ Committable Core Values”
Zappos Core Values Deliver WOW Through Service Embrace and Drive Change Create Fun and a Little Weirdness Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded Pursue Growth and Learning Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit Do More with Less Be Passionate and Determined Be Humble
“ That’s great for Zappos but it would never work at my company …”
It doesn’t matter what your core values are… … as long as you commit to them. ALIGNMENT
7 Steps For Building A A Brand That Matters
STEP #1 DECIDE i f you’re trying to build a long term sustainable brand Requires more patience with revenues & profits in order to lay the foundation Decide sooner rather than later
STEP #2 FIGURE OUT VALUES AND CULTURE.
Personal core values Company’s core values Start early It’s harder than you think It doesn’t matter what the values are ALIGNMENT is the most important thing LIVE the brand
STEP #3 COMMIT TO TRANSPARENCY Be real, and you have nothing to fear Your culture is your brand Don’t try to be someone you’re not
STEP #4 VISION …. “ Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.” Does the vision have meaning? Chase the vision, not the money…
“ Don’t chase the paper, chase the dream.” Sean Combs aka “Puff Daddy” to rapper Biggie Smalls aka “Notorious B.I.G.” in Notorious
Entrepreneurs: “ What would you be passionate about doing for 10 years even if you never made a dime?”
Employees: What’s the larger vision and greater purpose in their work beyond money or profits?
INSPIRATION vs. MOTIVATION
STEP #5 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS (not networking) Be interested i nstead of trying to be interesting
STEP #6 BUILD YOUR TEAM “ If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” (Al Gore quoting African proverb) Hire slowly Fire quickly
STEP #7 THINK LONG TERM Repeat customers Customer service There is no “get rich quick” formula “ Overnight” successes are years in the making (both personally and in business)
Q&A Email me -- [email_address] for: A copy of this presentation Answers to any additional questions not answered today A copy of our culture book ( need your physical mailing address ) Tour of our offices when you’re in Vegas (takes about 45-60 minutes) Job opportunities
Links to check out: http://twitter.com/zappos (Tony Hsieh - CEO) http://twitter.zappos.com (public mentions, employees) http://blogs.zappos.com (photos & videos of culture) http://about.zappos.com (more information about us & core values) http://www.zapposinsights.com (video Q&A from different depts, book recommendations)
 
TAKE A STEP BACK What is your goal in life?
HAPPINESS
Research has shown: People 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.”
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?
A Few Different Frameworks of HAPPINESS
Perceived Control Perceived Progress Relatedness Vision/Meaning (Being part of something bigger than yourself)
Maslow’s Hierarchy
3 TYPES OF HAPPINESS Rock star (Pleasure – chasing the next high) Flow (Engagement – time flies) Meaning (Being part of something bigger than yourself)
RECOMMENDED BOOKS Peak Chip Conley Tribal Leadership Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright 4-Hour Work Week Tim Ferriss Happiness Hypothesis Jonathan Haidt
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?
Delivering Happiness Tony Hsieh - CEO [email_address] twitter.com/zappos
 
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. Congratulations on making it through all the fine print. If you enjoy fine print, look for openings on our legal and finance team at jobs.zappos.com .

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Zappos - HCI - 3-10-09

  • 1. Delivering Happiness Tony Hsieh - CEO [email_address] twitter.com/zappos HCI – National Human Capital Summit March 10, 2009
  • 2.  
  • 3. My background (Tony) 1994-1995: Pizza Business in college 1996-1998: LinkExchange (online advertising) Sold to Microsoft for $265 million 1999: Venture Frogs (investment company) Invested in Zappos.com 1999-Today: Zappos.com
  • 4. Zappos at a Glance Background Founded in 1999 1400 employees (half in Las Vegas headquarters, half in Kentucky) #23 in FORTUNE MAGAZINE’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” Highest debut for a newcomer in 2009 Zappos is “Powered by Service” Providing the best online shopping experience possible. Fast, Free Shipping . Free return shipping. 365-day return policy. Fast fulfillment. Expedited delivery. Fast, friendly & expert customer service . Best selection Over 1000 brands, over 200,000 styles, over 900,000 unique UPCs. About 4 million items in warehouse, 100% of products inventoried (no drop ship). Zappos is a service company that happens to sell shoes, clothing, handbags, eyewear, watches (and eventually a whole bunch of other stuff).
  • 5. Recent Recognition OPRAH (2008/2009) FORTUNE “100 Best Companies To Work For” #23 (2009) - Highest ranking newcomer Fast Company “50 Most Innovative Companies” #20 (2009) BusinessWeek Top 25 “Customer Service Champs” #7 (2009)
  • 6. Customer service value proposition in action… Zappos is committed to WOWing each and every customer. Customers come… 10M total purchasing customers (3.3% of US population) 4 M have purchased in the last 12 months Customers come back… On any given day, about 75% of purchases from returning customers Repeat customers order >2.5x in the next 12 months Customers come back, order more and order more often… Repeat customers have higher average order size $111.98 – first time customers in Q406 $143.22 – returning customer in Q406
  • 7. Power of Repeat Customers & Word of Mouth
  • 8. Customer Service: What Customers First See 24/7 1-800 number on every page Free shipping Free return shipping 365-day return policy
  • 9. Customer Service: What Customers Experience Fast, Accurate Fulfillment Most customers are “surprise”-upgraded to overnight shipping Create WOW Friendly, helpful “above and beyond” customer service Occasionally direct customers to competitors’ web sites
  • 10. Customer Service: What We Do Internally No call times, no sales-based performance goals for reps. The telephone is one of the best branding devices available. Run warehouse 24/7 Inventory all product (no drop-ship) 5 weeks of culture, core values, customer service, and warehouse training for everyone in Las Vegas We’ll pay you $2000 to quit Culture book Interviews and performance reviews are 50% based on core values and culture fit
  • 11.  
  • 12. Owning the 3 C ’s: C lothing C ustomer Service C ulture
  • 13. ZAPPOS Delivering Happiness (for 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.”
  • 14. CULTURE “ Committable Core Values”
  • 15. Zappos Core Values Deliver WOW Through Service Embrace and Drive Change Create Fun and a Little Weirdness Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded Pursue Growth and Learning Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit Do More with Less Be Passionate and Determined Be Humble
  • 16. “ That’s great for Zappos but it would never work at my company …”
  • 17. It doesn’t matter what your core values are… … as long as you commit to them. ALIGNMENT
  • 18. 7 Steps For Building A A Brand That Matters
  • 19. STEP #1 DECIDE i f you’re trying to build a long term sustainable brand Requires more patience with revenues & profits in order to lay the foundation Decide sooner rather than later
  • 20. STEP #2 FIGURE OUT VALUES AND CULTURE.
  • 21. Personal core values Company’s core values Start early It’s harder than you think It doesn’t matter what the values are ALIGNMENT is the most important thing LIVE the brand
  • 22. STEP #3 COMMIT TO TRANSPARENCY Be real, and you have nothing to fear Your culture is your brand Don’t try to be someone you’re not
  • 23. STEP #4 VISION …. “ Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.” Does the vision have meaning? Chase the vision, not the money…
  • 24. “ Don’t chase the paper, chase the dream.” Sean Combs aka “Puff Daddy” to rapper Biggie Smalls aka “Notorious B.I.G.” in Notorious
  • 25. Entrepreneurs: “ What would you be passionate about doing for 10 years even if you never made a dime?”
  • 26. Employees: What’s the larger vision and greater purpose in their work beyond money or profits?
  • 28. STEP #5 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS (not networking) Be interested i nstead of trying to be interesting
  • 29. STEP #6 BUILD YOUR TEAM “ If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” (Al Gore quoting African proverb) Hire slowly Fire quickly
  • 30. STEP #7 THINK LONG TERM Repeat customers Customer service There is no “get rich quick” formula “ Overnight” successes are years in the making (both personally and in business)
  • 31. Q&A Email me -- [email_address] for: A copy of this presentation Answers to any additional questions not answered today A copy of our culture book ( need your physical mailing address ) Tour of our offices when you’re in Vegas (takes about 45-60 minutes) Job opportunities
  • 32. Links to check out: http://twitter.com/zappos (Tony Hsieh - CEO) http://twitter.zappos.com (public mentions, employees) http://blogs.zappos.com (photos & videos of culture) http://about.zappos.com (more information about us & core values) http://www.zapposinsights.com (video Q&A from different depts, book recommendations)
  • 33.  
  • 34. TAKE A STEP BACK What is your goal in life?
  • 36. Research has shown: People 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.”
  • 37. There is a science behind many aspects of business including conversion, psychology of buying, direct marketing, customer acquisition metrics, repeat customer behavior, etc.
  • 38. What if you spent just 10% of your time studying and learning the SCIENCE of happiness? How much happier could you be?
  • 39. A Few Different Frameworks of HAPPINESS
  • 40. Perceived Control Perceived Progress Relatedness Vision/Meaning (Being part of something bigger than yourself)
  • 42. 3 TYPES OF HAPPINESS Rock star (Pleasure – chasing the next high) Flow (Engagement – time flies) Meaning (Being part of something bigger than yourself)
  • 43. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Peak Chip Conley Tribal Leadership Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright 4-Hour Work Week Tim Ferriss Happiness Hypothesis Jonathan Haidt
  • 44. 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?
  • 45. Delivering Happiness Tony Hsieh - CEO [email_address] twitter.com/zappos
  • 46.  
  • 47. 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. Congratulations on making it through all the fine print. If you enjoy fine print, look for openings on our legal and finance team at jobs.zappos.com .