Derek Sivers, originally a professional musician and circus clown, 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.\nHe is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference, with over 5 million views of his talks.\nSince 2011 he has published 34 books, including \u201cAnything You Want\u201d which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories.\nEpisode 156: Doing the Opposite of Everyone is Valuable, Some Will Always Say You're Wrong, And Don't Fight It by Derek Sivers.\nThe original posts are located here:\nhttps://sivers.org/contrarian\nhttps://sivers.org/wrong\nhttps://sivers.org/dont-fight-it\nPlease Rate & Review the Show!\nVisit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com\nand Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices