Interview with Derek Sivers for the Productive! Magazine #30

Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22M, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference, with over 5 million views of his talks. Since 2011 he has published 34 books, including “Anything You Want,” which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories.

Today, he speaks to me about:

• His recipe for a happy life by a quasi-retired entrepreneur
• Developing own company
• Giving and taking

More details in Productive! Magazine 30