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222. How Derek Sivers grew CD baby to $22m using a customer-focused and generous approach

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00:00 - Introducing ... Derek Sivers!

01:39 - How Derek built a $22m company by focusing purely on the customer

04:40 - The problem with external funding

13:52 - How to approach the world with a positive bias

16:49 - The story of the cab driver and the mob

29:12 - Derek Siver's approach to content creation

32:22 - How Derek Sivers edits

33:44 - How Derek Sivers sees the AI changes

37:46 - How to live

40:28 - The attitude Derek Sivers brought to CD Baby

43:03 - The struggle before launching CD Baby

44:15 - Why I do my own editing now

44:34 - Why you must pursue pain

44:45 - The difference between deep happy and shallow happy

48:38 - Derek's advice to a person starting off in entrepreneurship

49:00 - The Tarzan analogy

50:24 - The key thing about internal vs external focus

56:28 - Derek Sivers on SEO

57:33 - Derek Sivers' approach to writing anything

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249 episodes

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Manage episode 357037372 series 1398152
Content provided by Ash Roy. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Ash Roy or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

00:00 - Introducing ... Derek Sivers!

01:39 - How Derek built a $22m company by focusing purely on the customer

04:40 - The problem with external funding

13:52 - How to approach the world with a positive bias

16:49 - The story of the cab driver and the mob

29:12 - Derek Siver's approach to content creation

32:22 - How Derek Sivers edits

33:44 - How Derek Sivers sees the AI changes

37:46 - How to live

40:28 - The attitude Derek Sivers brought to CD Baby

43:03 - The struggle before launching CD Baby

44:15 - Why I do my own editing now

44:34 - Why you must pursue pain

44:45 - The difference between deep happy and shallow happy

48:38 - Derek's advice to a person starting off in entrepreneurship

49:00 - The Tarzan analogy

50:24 - The key thing about internal vs external focus

56:28 - Derek Sivers on SEO

57:33 - Derek Sivers' approach to writing anything

  continue reading

249 episodes

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