Delivering Happiness Bus Tour

It's almost been a year since Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh sat down to write his first book Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose. So much has happened since and it’s been amazing to watch it hit #1 on so many bestseller lists (including the New York Times)!

If you've read Delivering Happiness, you know Tony likes to do things a little differently and naturally, that carries over to launching a book. So starting in August, Tony and the Delivering Happiness team will be heading on a 20+ city bus tour with one mission in mind: to Inspire and Be Inspired.

We'll be driving cross-country, visiting colleges, companies and non-profits while throwing events, Delivering Happiness style. There will be town hall meetings, Q&As, book signings, BBQs and music along the way. We'll be talking to people that have been inspired by the book and, in turn, have inspired us.

This isn't your average tour bus either – the 47', baby-blue DHBus has received a complete happiness makeover that includes green grass (on the inside), a fridge stocked with Red Bull and pickles and the latest in technology that might give us a run at being the Most Wired Bus in the World. But the bus wasn't always, dare we say, happy? To watch the transformation, watch this behind-the-scenes video.

Of course, the DHBus Tour can't run on its own and as everyone knows, behind every Happy Bus is a Happy Team that runs it. Get to know your bus-mates for the next three months by visiting our team page.

And even if you're not physically on the bus, you can still hop on! Follow along by visiting our interactive map of real-time tweets about the tour. Engage with the team and read up on our travel journal, where we'll be sharing summaries of our events and memorable moments of the day.

Picking up where we left off before the book launched, the team has started hosting Virtual Happy Hours again, weekly livestreams on the Delivering Happiness Ustream channel. We had Tony Hawk at our Bus Launch Party, so you know you're in for some more special guests and Happy Hour banter throughout our tour.

Of course a big part of Inspire and Be Inspired is the community that's growing into the Delivering Happiness Movement. Come join the movement and connect with others throughout our online community. Share your story, read others, take part in the on-going discussions on the Delivering Happiness message boards or start your own.

So are you ready to Inspire and Be Inspired? We thought so!

Can’t wait to see you on the bus!