Anything You Want
By Derek Sivers
40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur. Do You Zoom, Inc., 2011.
Summary of Anything You Want book by Derek Sivers
A delightfully direct and personal manifesto of the lessons every entrepreneur should know about starting a business, passionately running it, and effectively serving their customers.
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What do you get from this book? Exclusive insights from a serial entrepreneur’s unintentional business journey
Step away from traditional business strategies to pursue what makes you happy and create your dream job
Business should not be hard – start with one simple idea and innovate until you hit success
It's not always about the money – your purpose is to serve your customers
If you solve your own problem, you’ll likely solve someone else’s problem as well – that’s a business
Adapt to what your customers need and you’ll never be irrelevant
Start small even if you don’t have the funding – it’s better than not starting at all
Your personal touch is what makes customers love your business
Transition from simply being self-employed to being a business owner, which requires delegation and separation
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Who should read Anything You Want book
- Independent thinkers
- students of business
- managers and leaders
- entrepreneurs
- business owners
About the author of Anything You Want
Derek Sivers
Derek Sivers is a professional musician who accidentally turned a hobby into a successful online independent music company, CD Baby. After selling his company for 22 million dollars, Sivers has traveled the world, continued to play music, and founded several more ventures; he continues to write on the subject of business on his blog.
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