“any business that’s in business to sell you a cure is motivated not to focus on prevention” — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Making a company is a great way to improve the world while improving yourself. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm 'bored'. But because a company… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
“Never forget that absolutely everything you do is for your customers. Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Five years after I started CD Baby, when it was a big success, the media said I had revolutionized the music business.… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
You're free to do anything you want with your company. It's more like art. You don't have to follow any norms. It's… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
When you make a company, you make a utopia. It's where you design your perfect world. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
“If you find even the smallest way to make people smile, they’ll remember you more for that smile than for all your… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Don’t pursue business just for your own gain. Only answer the calls for help. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
The purpose of money is to trade for things that make you happy. So if you can bypass money and get directly… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
It's only a little difficult to say no. You've got to believe that the work you're doing is ultimately more useful to the world. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
“Never forget that absolutely everything you do is for your customers. Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Let’s never forget that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Making a company is a great way to improve the world while improving yourself. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
I love that sometimes we need to go to the opposite side of the world to realize assumptions that we didn't even know we… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm 'bored'. But because a company is a… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Pay close attention to when you're being the real you & when you're trying to impress an invisible jury. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Five years after I started CD Baby, when it was a big success, the media said I had revolutionized the music business. But 'revolution'… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Every time you're making a choice, one choice is the safe/comfortable choice - and one choice is the risky/uncomfortable choice. the risky/uncomfortable choice is… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
![“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". Finally Jobs said, "Wait wait — put your hands down. Listen…” quote by Derek Sivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dfa/derek-sivers-9939_add_steve-jobs-gave-a-small-private-presenta_1859604.jpg)
