VV Show #50 - Derek Sivers of CD Baby and Muckwork

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DATE : Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:55:28 -0500
Entered in Database : 2008-10-23 16:55:28
length : 11703282
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Last time Derek Sivers was on Venture Voice three years ago he told us he had to "whack 'em [investors] off with a stick". Now we know why. Derek announces on our show for the first time the amount he sold his company for this past summer: $22 million. Derek owned 100% of the equity. Though he might have made more money than most of his fellow music entrepreneurs, Derek's no Gordon Gekko. In this interview, Derek tells us how he put all of his money from the sale into a charitable trust, that he didn't even visit CD Baby's office once during the last year he owned it, and what he's up to next.

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