Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
About this product
You can follow the beaten path and call yourself an entrepreneur or you can blaze your own trail and really be one.
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. When no one would help him do it, he set out on his own and built an online store from scratch.
He started in 1998 by helping his friends sell their CDs. 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. Start with what you have, care about your customers more than yourself, and run your business like you don’t need the money. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers say this is a quick, meaningful, and well-written read with inspirational, honest, and practical lessons, and many note that it can be finished in about an hour. Goodreads reviewers also rate it around 3.7/5 with well over a thousand ratings, suggesting generally positive but mixed reception. Several independent book reviews describe it as insightful, concise, and especially useful for people interested in entrepreneurship and customer-focused business ideas. Reddit and forum-style discussions were not surfaced in the available results, but the overall pattern across Amazon, Goodreads, and review blogs is that readers value the book’s brevity, authenticity, and actionable mindset.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Portfolio |
| Publication date | September 15, 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 96 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1591848261 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1591848264 |
| Item Weight | 7.2 ounces |
| Dimensions | 5.23 x 0.47 x 7.25 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #225,912 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,426 in Entrepreneurship (Books) #1,788 in Business Motivation & Self-Improvement (Books) #1,808 in Motivational Management & Leadership |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (5,075) |
