Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur - Softcover

Sivers, Derek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241209048 ISBN 13: 9780241209042

Publisher: Penguin, 2015

Synopsis

Anything You Want is Derek Sivers' iconic manifesto on lessons learned while becoming an entrepreneur

You don't need a visionary master plan, loads of funding or a brilliant team to start a business.

All you really need is GENEROSITY.

When Derek Sivers started CD Baby, he wasn't planning on building a major business. He was a successful independent musician who just wanted to sell his CDs online. He started in 1998 by helping his friends sell their CDs too. In 2000, he hired his first employee. Eight years later, he sold CD Baby for $22 million.

Sivers didn't need a business plan, and neither do you. You don't need to think big; in fact, it's better if you don't. Anything You Want will inspire you to start with what you have, care about your customers more than yourself, and run your business like you don't need the money.

'A true manifesto, a guidebook with clear signposts, and a fun ride you'll return to again and again'
Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek

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Review:

Tim Ferriss Reviews Anything You Want

Tim Ferriss is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Workweek. He has a diverse background of experience, including working as an actor, speaking seven foreign languages, holding a world record in tango, and being a national Chinese kickboxing champion. He has written for Maxim and the Philadelphia Inquirer, has appeared on MTV and CBS radio, and has been interviewed or featured in such major publications as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more. Read his review of Derek Sivers's Anything You Want:

I love this book!

Derek is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur. Just as important, perhaps more so--he is a phenomenal teacher. Whether detailing the fascinating rise of CDBaby, explaining catastrophic (but common) founder mistakes, or teaching me about relational databases in two minutes using analogies, he makes the complex simple. Moreover, he makes it all actionable.

If you want a true manifesto, a guidebook with clear signposts, and a fun ride you'll return to again and again, you have it here in this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. --Tim Ferriss

Review:

One of the best hours you'll ever spend will be reading Derek Sivers's new book...Anything You Want (Forbes)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0241209048
• ISBN 13: 9780241209042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96