Andy Stewart (@manateelazycat) “这才是一个真正创业者的故事西弗斯，他从零开始创建了CDBaby，成为全球最大的独立音”

2026.05.28 00:45

这才是一个真正创业者的故事西弗斯，他从零开始创建了CDBaby，成为全球最大的独立音乐分销商，以2200万美元的价格将其出售，然后将每一分钱都捐给了慈善机构，接着他就消失了没有创始人故事播客巡回。没有风投会议。没有个人品牌他带着一台笔记本电脑搬到了新西兰，开始写书只有1万人阅读，而不是数百万，而他就喜欢这样当每一个硅谷创始人都在追逐独角兽地位并在CNBC上敲响钟声时，西弗斯却在质疑这一切是否真的值得追求？他认为成功本身就是一场错误的游戏

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Tim Denning@Tim_Denning

2026.05.27 18:19

Derek Sivers gets it: He built CD Baby from nothing, became the largest indie music distributor in the world, sold it for $22 million, and gave every penny to charity. Then he disappeared. No founder story podcast tour. No VC meetings. No personal brand. He moved to New Zealand with a laptop and started writing books that 10,000 people read instead of millions — and he prefers it that way. While every Silicon Valley founder was chasing unicorn status and ringing bells on CNBC, Sivers was asking whether any of it was actually worth wanting. The most successful exit in music tech history ended with a man who decided success was the wrong game entirely.

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