Derek Sivers
TED Speaker & Entrepreneur | Founder of $22M CD Baby Business
Derek Sivers is a Customer Centricity speaker who has appeared at 2 events including TED 2010 and TED 2009, most recently in 2010.
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Derek Sivers transformed the music industry by creating CD Baby, a groundbreaking platform that empowered independent musicians worldwide. After selling the company for $22 million, he made the extraordinary decision to donate the entire proceeds to a charitable trust for music education.
A 3x TED speaker with talks viewed over 15 million times, Sivers has become renowned for his unconventional approach to business, challenging traditional entrepreneurial paradigms. Through his books 'Anything You Want', 'Hell Yeah or No', and 'How to Live', he offers profound insights into intentional living and strategic business design.
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Keep your goals to yourself
After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.
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| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Bill GatesMicrosoft Co-founder | Co-chair of the Gates Foundation | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Brian CoxProfessor of Particle Physics | BBC Science Presenter | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Catherine MohrMedical Robotics Innovator | Transforming Surgery through AI and Technology | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Jonathan DroriAuthor of Around the World in 80 Trees | Eden Project trustee, botanical storyteller | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Rory SutherlandVice Chairman of Ogilvy UK | Behavioral Science & Irrational Decisions | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Tim Berners-LeeWorld Wide Web Inventor | Pioneering the Digital Revolution | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
| Tom WujecAutodesk Fellow | Business Visualization Innovator | 2 | TED 2009, TED 2010View shared history → |
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