If you want to be useful, you can always start now. It will be a humble prototype of your grand vision, but… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Most people don't know what they're talking about. They move their mouth and say things because they don't want to admit they… — 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
In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have. — 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
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