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What do I love about: Anything you want?
Yes folks. This is a sparse page. If I must explain my love for Derek, then it is only fair I follow his minimalist principle. Derek gives very simple advice on life and how he started his CD Baby business which he eventually sold and gave the proceeds to charity. Yes, you heard me right- Everything to charity. He is a musician but has unrelated hubbies like coding. Again you heard me right- Coding. He has been featured in several books and he is greatly admired.
In his words: In this book, I tell you everything I learned from starting, growing, and selling CD Baby, compressed into an entertaining and useful one-hour read.
No secrets held back, I share the biggest mistakes, keys to its success, and the philosophies behind the big decisions.
Called “40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur”, its 10 years of experience in one hour, designed to be immediately usable for your own business or project.
What do I not love about: Anything you want?
Zilch
Who should read: Anything you want?
Anyone curious about starting or running a business will benefit from this.
Who should not read: Anything you want?
This book is a very light read so I believe everyone will love this.
Notes from anything you want?
- Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what’s not working
- No business plan survives first contact with customers
- Necessity is a great teacher
- Formalities play on fear. Bravely refuse
- Tao of business: Care about your customers more than about yourself, and you’ll do well
- Tao of business: Set up your business like you don’t need the money. And it’ll likely come your way
- When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. This is your Utopia