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I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm 'bored'. But because a company is a laboratory to try your ideas. — Derek Sivers

Delegate but don't abdicate — Derek Sivers

I'm not interested until I see their execution. — Derek Sivers

When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws. — Derek Sivers

Don't pursue business just for your own gain. Only answer the calls for help. — Derek Sivers

It was the first follower that transformed the lone nut into a leader. — Derek Sivers

If it's not a hit, switch. — Derek Sivers

Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what's not working. — Derek Sivers

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen. — Derek Sivers

If you find even the smallest way to make people smile, they'll remember you more for that smile than for all your other fancy business-model stuff — Derek Sivers

Let's never forget that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true. — Derek Sivers

When you make a business you're making a little world. — Derek Sivers

Care about your customers more than about yourself, and you'll do well. — Derek Sivers

Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it. — Derek Sivers

Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself. — Derek Sivers

Obvious to you is amazing to others. — Derek Sivers

For some reason, ever since I was a little kid, I wake with the most energy of the day, and it slowly declines from there. — Derek Sivers

If you think your life's purpose needs to hit you like a lightning bolt, you'll overlook the little day-to-day things that fascinate you. — Derek Sivers

No business plan survives first contact with customers. — Derek Sivers

You can't please everyone, so proudly exclude people. — Derek Sivers

Trust, but verify. Remember it when delegating. You have to do both. — Derek Sivers

The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. ... The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader. — Derek Sivers

Distributing the music is so easy it's moot. So now the delicate art of calling attention to your music means everything. Marketing is distribution. — Derek Sivers

To me, 'busy' implies that the person is out of control of their life. — Derek Sivers

When you make a company, you make a utopia. It's where you design your perfect world. — Derek Sivers

Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better. — Derek Sivers

The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20. The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000. — Derek Sivers

Most people don't know why they're doing what they're doing. They imitate others, go with the flow, and follow paths without making their own. — Derek Sivers

Ideas are just a multiplier of execution. — Derek Sivers

Making a company is a great way to improve the world while improving yourself. — Derek Sivers

In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have. — Derek Sivers

Everything I ever wanted to know I just ask a search engine and there's the answer. So the least I can do for my clients is share what I've learned. — Derek Sivers

Customer service is the new marketing. — Derek Sivers

Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn't that enough? — Derek Sivers

If you're not saying 'Hell Yeah' about something, say 'No'. — Derek Sivers

I spent only $500 to start CD Baby. The first month, I earned back $300. But the second month I made $700, and it's been profitable every month since. — Derek Sivers

Never forget why you're really doing what you're doing. — Derek Sivers

The most important lesson is probably to spend less than you earn. — Derek Sivers

It's only a little difficult to say no. You've got to believe that the work you're doing is ultimately more useful to the world. — Derek Sivers

Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing. — Derek Sivers