“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
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
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
Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself. — 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
When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
“any business that’s in business to sell you a cure is motivated not to focus on prevention” — 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
“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
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
Don’t pursue business just for your own gain. Only answer the calls for help. — 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
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
