Derek SiversInterviews
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Or click here to download all 49 interviews as a huge 2GB zip file with 49 MP3s inside. (That’s 41 hours of me talking.)
James Altucher (date: 2016-03)
My last interview for a long time. About faults, disappearing, money, favors, passion, goals, and much more.
Jenny Blake (date: 2016-01)
Podcast about success on your own terms, deliberate change, set points, writing, expertise, and much more
Becoming a Superhuman (date: 2015-12)
Great dense talk with Jonathan Levi about… many things. See his site for a table of contents.
Tim Ferriss Show : part 2 (date: 2015-12)
31 minutes about the definition of success, unpopular beliefs, and more
Tim Ferriss Show : part 1 (date: 2015-12)
Two hour conversation on developing confidence, finding happiness, and saying no to millions.
Slow Hustle (date: 2015-11)
Great talk with Peter Awad about job security, internalizing books, making memories, being global not local, parenting, expectations
Influencer Economy with Ryan Williams (date: 2015-11)
Finding your voice, breaking bad habits, and thriving.
Game Changer Society with Lane Kennedy (date: 2015-11)
Great conversation about how weird I am, being useful, time management, and more.
Software Engineering Daily (date: 2015-10)
Tech, programming, and creativity with Jeff Meyerson
Robin Zander (date: 2015-10)
Never stop learning
ReLaunch (date: 2015-10)
what’s important for you, a life you love, staying positive, with Joel Boggess
Hack the Entrepreneur (date: 2015-10)
How to find your unfair advantage, self-education, being selfless, and what to do. Good conversation with Jon Nastor.
Built to Sell (date: 2015-10)
Talking with John Warrillow about how I started and sold CD Baby
Boomers Rock (date: 2015-10)
Why passion is overrated, plasticity, career capital, culture, and more.
Rock and Roll Zen (date: 2015-09)
Mark Hermann and I talk music, how to be useful to others, changing the music business, and more.
Unmistakable Creative (date: 2015-09)
Great conversation with Srini Rao about moving, introversion, programming, personal development, money, sharing what you've learned, and when to say no.
Radical Tribe (date: 2015-09)
Talking with Faheem Moosa about starting, building, and selling a business.
Smile High (date: 2015-09)
Talk with Nate about people-pleasing and obstacles. Kind of awkward.
Ozeal: No Permission Needed (date: 2015-09)
Networking, saying yes, what a business really is, how musicians can thrive now, finding your core.
Bucket List Life (date: 2015-09)
With Travis Bell, that Bucket List guy
Art of Adventure (date: 2015-09)
Turning Observations Into Action
33 Voices (date: 2015-09)
The Tao of Business and how to live it, as well as how to design a life philosophy with deep meaning.
Productive! Magazine (date: 2015-08)
talk with Michael Sliwinski about my recipe for a happy life, giving and taking
Forbes Brave Interview (date: 2015-07)
Short interview with Margie Warrell about business lessons learned
B2C: Business to Community (date: 2015-07)
Short Q&A; with Margie Warrell about the biggest mistake, saying no, priorities, followers, naysayers, and making a change.
The Start Zone (date: 2015-06)
Very tiny Q&A; with Pedro Mendes
Your Own Way Out documentary (date: 2014-10)
Tom Libelt and Till Carlos ask questions about self-employment for their documentary film
Suitcase Entrepreneur (date: 2014-02)
Talk with Natalie Sisson about outsourcing, lifestyle, comfort zone, where to live, and more.
The Creative Entrepreneur (date: 2014-02)
Talking with Bob Baker about what to do early in your career, fame, fortune, failure, marketing, and the international life.
Dorm Room Tycoon (date: 2013-09)
Good conversation with William Channer about Wood Egg, employees, networking, focus, learning.
Tim Conley from Foolish Adventure (date: 2013-01)
On “changing your operating system” - my metaphor for making deep changes in my life.
The Setup (date: 2011-12)
Tiny Q&A; about what equipment I use
Waking Up the Workplace (date: 2011-07)
The cutting edge of conscious business, with Ewan Townhead
MentorCoach (date: 2011-07)
conversation with Ben Dean, just telling my story
Mitch Joel - Six Pixels of Separation (date: 2011-07)
Great 50-minute conversation about a variety of things.
Inspire Me Today (date: 2011-07)
Talk with Gail Lynne Goodwin about my book “Anything You Want”
Duct Tape Marketing (date: 2011-07)
How/when to sell your company, and other business/marketing things.
Marketing Over Coffee (date: 2011-07)
30-minute audio interview mostly about my book. Great questions.
Jay Baer - Convince & Convert (date: 2011-07)
35-minute video interview about business, self-belief, and other good stuff. Great rapport.
Eventual Millionaire (date: 2011-06)
One commenter said, “A great interview that became a fantastic interview in the last 20 minutes.”
Escape from Cubicle Nation (date: 2011-06)
Do whatever the hell makes you happy! A 30-minute audio interview about business plans, freedom and happiness.
Mixergy (date: 2011-06)
Fun hour-long interview where we talk about business intuition, story-telling, and more.
Forbes - Michael Ellsberg (date: 2011-06)
A great review of my book, followed by a great interview about minimalism in business.
Amber Rae (date: 2011-06)
My friend and the CEO of my book, “Anything You Want”! Fun 50-minute video interview about the book and related things.
Art of Charm (date: 2011-04)
Why being a good follower might be more important than being a good leader, learning from the best, and the value of experiential learning versus theory.
TechZing podcast (date: 2010-09)
Talk with Justin Vincent and Jason Roberts about running CD Baby remotely, programming myself, stories, transparency, and minimalism.
Ronnie Overgoor at Emerce Eday (date: 2010-07)
Must see. Watch the video. Maybe my funniest interview. We have a great irreverent banter.
Actual Insights (date: 2010-07)
Matthew Niederberger in Rotterdam Netherlands asks me about selling CD Baby, being nomadic, and the dancing guy
Meet Innovators (date: 2009-12)
business talk about automating then selling my company, and what to do afterwards
New Man with Tripp Lanier (date: 2009-10)
Capitalism with Heart and The Tao of Business
L.A. Music Blog (date: 2009-10)
just a little about the music biz, CD Baby, Muckwork
MusFormation (date: 2009-09)
just some post-CD Baby questions
Canadian Independent Recording Artists Association (date: 2009-05)
How to call attention to your music
Ariel Hyatt (date: 2009-03)
video interview about promoting and marketing your music
Justin from Berklee (date: 2009-03)
Berklee College of Music interview about the music business
Amber Rubarth (date: 2009-01)
how to be a full-time touring musician
Practical Personal Development (date: 2008-12)
with Alex Shalman about success and focus
Venture Voice (date: 2008-10)
after selling CD Baby, thoughts on selling process, and what's after
Tim Ferriss (date: 2008-08)
I interview Tim about the 4-Hour Workweek
Venture Voice (date: 2005-11)
while running CD Baby, thoughts on beginnings and operations