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    Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
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    Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

    Written by Derek Sivers

    Narrated by Derek Sivers

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    About this audiobook

    You can follow the beaten path and call yourself an entrepreneur or you can blaze your own trail and really be one.

    When Derek Sivers started CD Baby, he wasn’t planning on building a major business. He was a successful independent musician who just wanted to sell his CDs online. When no one would help him do it, he set out on his own and built an online store from scratch.

    He started in 1998 by helping his friends sell their CDs. In 2000, he hired his first employee. Eight years later, he sold CD Baby for $22 million.

    Sivers didn’t need a business plan, and neither do you. You don’t need to think big; in fact, it’s better if you don’t. Start with what you have, care about your customers more than yourself, and run your business like you don’t need the money.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJun 29, 2011
    ISBN9781455821136
    Author

    Derek Sivers

    After making a living as a professional musician, Derek Sivers went looking for ways to sell his own CD online and ended up creating CD Baby, once the largest seller of independent music on the web with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients. Since 2008, Derek has traveled the world and stayed busy creating and nurturing creative endeavors, like Muckwork, his newest company where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their “uncreative dirty work.” Derek writes regularly on creativity, entrepreneurship, and music on his blog: http://sivers.org/.

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    • 5/5
      Open and honest, I felt reassured not pressured. Thank you

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The audiobook was great. The narrator/author was funny and engaging the entire time. He gives the listener a lot of food for thought.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This audiobook has some truly interesting insights regarding entrepreneurship and the narration made easy listening.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Excellent and brisk read - loved it - a must listen

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Learned about Derek from Tools of Titans.

      Very interesting guy with actionable insights.

      Perfect quick morning listen.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      An ultimatr favorite, easy to read perfectly brilliantly simple to. understand a must-read time and time again.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Derek Sivers’ Anything You Want is a quick read. It comes in under an hour if you don’t take notes and don’t stop to think about things. But I am guessing you will want to as there a some pretty inspirational (and easy to implement) ideas for serving your customers.This is not a how-to business book. It is much more a manifesto on keeping things clear, simple and taking a common sense approach to work. Sivers, founded and sold CDBaby.com. This book is a summation of the lessons he learned with the stories that taught him.My favorite part is titled Ideas are just a multiplayer of Execution. Basically he says an awful idea gets a -1 rating while a brilliant idea gets a 20. “No execution” is worth $1 while “brilliant execution” is worth $10,000,000. So a brilliant idea with poor execution will only get you $20 while a weak idea (a full 1 rating) brilliantly executed would get you $10,000,000. These are the extremes and there are tiers between them. It gives you an idea of where your so-so idea with a so-so execution plan would land you. I really like the perspective this lends.Lots of practical advice here. It’s the kind you’d get if you were sitting in the back yard drinking a beer with Sivers. He’s quick to explain, in very plain images, why (to him) legal stuff just doesn’t matter and how business folks don’t stay clear-headed enough. You will not hear these kinds of points being made by any MBA.Basically he sums it up with keep the customer first. You better be solving a real problem. And the success will naturally happen.In such a small book, Sivers crams tons of insight on work ethic, customers (very important), business formalities vs. flying by the seat of your pants, etc. all of which is backed with stories of his founding, running and selling CDBaby.com. He even tells the story of when Steve Jobs dissed him.This book seems to speak to the entrepreneurial spirits out there. But I also think that it serves as a fun quick “gut check” for those looking to tweak their existing business set-ups. I give this one 4 out of 5 stars.

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    • 5/5
      Very enjoyable. Very inspirational. I feel that there’s much to learn and reflect on here, and that I will be listening to this more than once.
      Thanks Derek.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Loved it! Inspiring and positive vibes. Made my day, as simple as it can be??
    • 5/5
      I'll listen to this again and again, many insightful moments , best no-frills business education in under two hours.
      recommend to all aspiring entrepreneurs
    • 5/5
      Brilliant book, to the point and informative while being entertaining
    • 5/5
      First of the first, I do like the content itself, ideal but warm. Whatever you are doing right now should be your decision. You don’t need to take every single word or piece of suggestions from others. Try to explore the world better, to feel the people, to know more about yourself. If there is a will, there is a way. A ok Idea+execution worth much more than an excellent idea.
    • 5/5
      This makes me happy. I couldn't stop listening. Thanks Derek!
    • 5/5
      Fantastic! I absolutely loved the insights! Such a kindred spirit.
    • 5/5
      Seeing how a life of greatness can come from a life of obscurity and finding your purpose through it all is very inspiring
    • 5/5
      Lovely heartfelt story. Felt more like a podcast to be honest, but I really loved it
    • 5/5
      Great little breathe of fresh air- I’d recommend this to anyone.
    • 1/5
      It’s incomplete. The audio stops after the chapter 10.
    • 5/5
      I found this book both enjoyable and inspirational. Running a business (your way) to make yourself happy, not primarily to make money.. what a radical idea! It's so down-to-earth and positive in its message. Imagine if every business was run this.. wow!
    • 5/5
      Excellent book on business lessons which will not be taught in 3 years of MBA
    • 5/5
      I couldn’t put my ear buds down. Binged the entire book.
    • 5/5
      A refreshing read that encourages listeners to question everything and only pursue what makes them happy.
    • 5/5
      A fresh perspective on the purpose of businesses. Good book
    • 5/5
      Short but oh so effective! Siver’s story is very inspiring.
    • 5/5
      Enjoyed it very much. Great stories with a lot of insight.
    • 5/5
      Absolute honesty, you can't miss it. And people don't write straight from the heart. Either they are professional writers or serial expanders of their first book idea.
      This is real advise from a person who really feels like a good human being who is happy to help. And the content is real good too. What else , you rarely find good stuff , for me this really is. Don't miss it.
    • 5/5
      Short and sheet. What an amazing and courageous mindset. Read it.
    • 5/5
      Simple, honest and excellent advise that will help me a lot on my entrepreneur journey , I loved it!
    • 5/5
      Beautiful insights into how things should be done in a business.
    • 5/5
      I loved this simple approach to create a unique business all your own. I enjoyed his way of story telling and it is the first time I’ve read such a positive approach to starting a business.