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Entrepreneurship, The DOcast

Derek Sivers: Systematizing Friendliness (The DOcast)

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A talk Derek Sivers from his home in New Zealand.
A talk with Derek Sivers from his home in New Zealand.

In the early dawn of the internet, it wasn’t easy for an independent artist to sell their music online — so Derek, an musician himself, decided to create a system where he could. Then his friends, and friends of friends, wanted to do the same thing — that’s when CD Baby was born. It later became a lean sales machine producing over $100 million dollars in sales and servicing over 200,000 musicians. Derek later sold CD baby, giving proceeds to charity, in 2008 for $22 million — he’s also a best-selling author, musician, programmer, world traveler, and circus ringleader (to get over his fear of public speaking.)

I have the pleasure to speak with Derek, via Skype from his home in New Zealand, to talk about marketing, automation, and how it applies to product-based companies.

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Entrepreneurship, Food Industry, The DOcast

Bradley Sanchez: Do It, or Watch It Be Done (The DOcast)

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Bradley Sanchez at his Salad Shop — a build-your-own salad bar.
Bradley Sanchez at his Salad Shop — a build-your-own salad bar.

Do you want to know what it takes to startup your own restaurant? Well then, meet Bradley Sanchez, he went to school for art, worked on Broadway Street, and started his first restaurant, The Salad Shop, by the age of 25.

I had the opportunity to sit down with him at his place, in Baton Rouge, to talk about what it takes to start your own restaurant in a highly saturated market.

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Entrepreneurship, The DOcast

Robbie Vitrano: Building a Brand (The DOcast)

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Robbie Vitrano in New Orleans
Robbie Vitrano in New Orleans

Robbie Vitrano started an ad-agency in New Orleans, Trumpet, that took a major part in the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. He co-founded Naked Pizza, an international pizza chain that uses simple, wholesome, natural ingredients. And Idea Village, the local watering hole for entrepreneurs and like-minded people in New Orleans.

I had the pleasure to sit down with him at Laurel Street bakery (please excuse the noise in the audio) in New Orleans, to talk about how important branding is for a new company to grow.

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David Heinemeier Hansson: Grow Slow & Profitable (The DOcast)

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David Heinemeier Hansson talks about working Remote
David Heinemeier Hansson talks about working remote

Do you know what Twitter, Groupon, and Shopify have in common — Ruby on Rails. It’s a game changer in the way web-base applications are made for developers. It’s also happens to be a by-product when David Heinemeier Hansson was building Basecamp (which is also a by-product). David is a founding partner at 37signals, a best-selling author, a race car driver, coder, hacker, photographer, and a big advocate on working lean, efficient, and remotely.

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