Matt and I don't have time to go to Grad School at the moment.
So instead I try and read a few random books and blogs fairly regularly just to keep up with everything. And Matt trades stocks. Actually I'm not sure if his day trading technically enriches our collective business acumen at all, but it forces him to wake up early every morning (something I don't exactly always do) so I guess it can't hurt.
Delivering Happiness is the story about how Tony Hsieh infused Zappos.com with a rich corporate culture centered upon making both customers and employees happy. I bought this book because some of the lessons in it seemed applicable to what we're trying to do with our own company and some stuff is relevant to the brands that we work with. Plus Hsieh managed to sell Zappos to Amazon for over $1.2 billion last year so I thought I might be able to learn a thing or two from him.
What's crazy is that Hsieh, the eldest son of two Taiwanese immigrants, was already filthy rich before he started at Zappos. At the age of 24, he sold his first company to Microsoft for $265 million. Most people would've probably went on vacation for the rest of their lives, instead he built Zappos into a billion dollar business. Man, those Asian parents really know how to raise over-achievers.
Anyway, here's a link to the new Drake song Paris Morton Music - it's a remix from a track he did off Rick Ross' new album. This has nothing to do with the Zappos book, by the way - it's just for fun - you can't read advertising blogs and trade stocks all day.
