Two short posts from Derek Sivers on starting a business and managing employees. Episode 690: Start Now. No Funding Needed. AND Delegate, but Don't Abdicate by Derek Sivers of Sivers.org on Starting a Business 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. The original posts are located here: & and  Receive a fully featured 15-day no-risk free trial at: