Welcome to episode #263 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. How far would you go to get something done? Derek Sivers was an independent artist trying to sell his CDs online back in 1998. None of the big online retailers of music would sell his music. He wasn't on a major label and he wasn't a "known" entity. Instead of sulking about it, Sivers went out, bought a book on Web programming, turned to page one and started to figure out - on his own - how to build a website and integrate it with a merchant account. This led to creation of CD Baby - which quickly grew to become the largest seller of independent music and artists in the world. In 2008, Sivers sold CD Baby for $22 million. Most recently, he released his first business book, Anything You Want, on Seth Godin's The Domino Project book publishing imprint. It's an amazing and candid look at what it takes to create a great company (and it's a powerful story for all Marketers to hear). This past week, I published the Blog post, Anything You Want, and some of the quote were culled from this chat with Sivers. Enjoy the conversation...
Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #263 - Host: Mitch Joel.
- Running time: 50:59.
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- Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents.
- In conversation with Derek Sivers - founder of CD Baby.
- Derek's first business book is called, Anything You Want.
- Anything You Want was published by Seth Godin's The Domino Project.
- You can also follow Derek on Twitter.
- Make sure to check out his Ted Talk: How To Start A Movement.
- My business column on Derek: Anything You Want.
- This weeks music: David Usher.
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This is pure gold. Lots of wisdom on a variety of subjects.
When you were discussing the balance between business growth and doing what you love, I was reminded of the story that John C. Bogle uses in the introduction to his book "Enough".
"At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, the their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responds, 'Yes, but I have something he will never have ... enough'.
Thanks for another entertaining and thought provoking podcast!