Millionaire Interview: Derek Sivers – Founder of CDBaby and author of Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
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Derek Sivers – Founder of CDBaby and author of Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
Derek founded CDbaby the largest online distributor of independent music and sold it a few years ago to DiscMakers for $22 million. He also created a viral TED talk called “How to Start a Movement” which displayed a one lone nut dancing at a concert, and the movement that happened from the first follower. He has a successful blog at Sivers.org and a new book entitled “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”
Check out his book just released today: Anything You Want
Here are his great TED Talk Videos:
Here are amazing interviews of Derek:
- How A Musician Built A $22 Million Dollar Business From His Home. ?The Derek Sivers Interview
- How Derek Sivers Sold His Company (as sole owner) For $22M
- Derek Sivers – Hit Media/CDbaby.com Founder and CEO
- Puremusic interview with Derek Sivers
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
- Maslow on Management by Abraham Maslow
Check out Sivers.org to find out more from Derek.
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16 responses
A great interview that became a fantastic interview in the last 20 minutes. Thanks.
Thanks Mike! So glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Just have to tell you how much I enjoyed the interview with Derek Sivers. You did such a good job of asking the right questions.
This is my first time here. I follow Justine Musk’s blog and clicked on her Tweet about your blog. So glad I did.
So glad you enjoyed it! I had no idea Justine had tweeted about it, even though I follow her! Thanks for letting me know, and for the wonderful compliment. 🙂
Hi Jaime,
Your interview with Derek is not only inspirational, but very motivational. You gave an outstanding presentation bringing out the very best in Derek. Thanks for making it possible. I am now a fan of your Eventual Millionaire site.
Thanks for the wonderful compliments Robert! So happy that the interview was able to impact you. I love hearing that 🙂 Have a Happy Sunday!
Hi Jamie,
I’m an avid listener of your podcasts. They entertain me on my long comute to work and motivate me as I begin planning my startup. Thanks for that!! Thank you also for this great interview with Derek…. I really related to him. He is truely inspirational.
Kepp up the great work. A lot of us really appreciate it.
Cheers,
Stuart
Thanks Stuart! I love listening to other podcasts during long drives too, so it’s awesome to know you are listening to me on yours.
Best of luck on your new venture!
this is getting as addictive like listening to smart passive income thanks Jaime really enjoy your blog
Thank you so much! Love Pat and his work, so that’s a huge compliment! 🙂
Love Derek. I often refer to myself as the “crazy shirtless dancing guy”…referencing his TED talk on How to Start a Movement. http://blog.ted.com/2010/04/01/how_to_start_a/
I love all of his TED talks. This was a good interview because I never knew much of his background either.
Thanks for the TED talks link!
This was a great interview by far.
Jaime, you gave me this listen as homework. Wow. I started listening to your show last year, and I had not gone back far enough in your archives for this gem. Holy crap. I went back and read through the transcript after listening to the audio. Amazing interview. Great energy from you both. Woowoo warning: the energy of the messages are as palpable today, in 2014 as they were when this interview took place; thank you for suggesting I come back to this for clarity of what I need to do with my business. PS: I’m making my kids and husband listen to it too.
WOO!!! 🙂