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Feb 2023
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Derek Sivers: Taking Care of Business

Guy Kawasaki
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Derek Sivers, who sold CDBaby for $22m to Disc Makers in 2014, talks about his amazing story of entrepreneurship on the Remarkable People podcast.

Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable.

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