389: Does It Help to be Desperate AND Should You Learn Programming - Yes by Derek Sivers on Entrepreneurial Lessons

Published: Oct. 24, 2021, 7 a.m.

Derek Sivers shares two short posts about whether it helps to be desperate and if you should learn programming\nEpisode 389: Does It Help to be Desperate AND Should You Learn Programming - Yes by Derek Sivers on Entrepreneurial Lessons\nOriginally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers 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.\nThe original posts are located here: https://sive.rs/desperate & https://sive.rs/prog\xa0\nInterested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalStartUpDaily\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices