Start Now. No funding needed.

[plan2profit]

Great video Derek and very inspiring. Thumbs up.

[freesunny]

Thank you Derek. I love your speeches! all of them :) Thank you for your enthusiasm!!!

[Crephanatic]

I can't do my dream... at young age.

I want to be a coder, but it is hard to learn when I am young.

[firespinguy]

@Crephanatic You buy a book on programming, or borrow one at the library

[christophedetiege]

but you can't say that it isn't easier with funding right? and lots faster.

[onejdmwill]

Awesome!!!!

[bradleycallow3]

Best Damn Video On Startups I've Ever Seen!

[ArcadiaLove]

I love your mind Derek. Thanks for so freely sharing bits of it! :o)

[lisanigro]

Thank you for a visual for what I teach in youth leadership classes! You just made my life a little easier....nice!

[kinghuong]

Really want to start doing something after watching this video. Very inspiring... :)

[moeskido]

The undiplomatic version of this piece: venture caplital is for self-entitled douchebags who have no interest in actually doing anything that anyone needs.

A business that can't make money on its own isn't a real business. Derek is a rarity in a field dominated by charlatans and ponzi schemes.

[SomethingSea1]

@moeskido And this version is only possible with taxation being existent. Taxation is at the basis of our habitual ponzi schemes.

[moeskido]

@SomethingSea1 Unrelated. Taxation is the basis for being able to run a government that builds infrastructure and provides essential services. Tax revenue is misused when it's directed towards anything other than these.

But misuse of tax revenue doesn't invalidate the need for taxes.

[rocksolidnw]

This is exactly what we're doing! Nice to know that we're on a right path :)

[Zephyic]

Yes this precisely what im trying to say to others.. it better to try and start then to ponder on what it could have been.. :D

[EduCamargo]

Love this. That's why I believe in what I believe.

[JoshTelecsan]

Thank you!

[nothGhost]

Whelp, guess I found a new channel to subscribe to.

[top20modernrock]

Henry Ford once remarked, "If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse."

Point: You must know more about your customers than perhaps they themselves do. 

[alundraandseptimus]

As much as I love this it's not always possible. but I do what I can and it's a struggle, but I'm getting there slowly :D. Nice vid, it's got some good points :).

[pwrOverwhelming]

hi derek please make this kind of vid again :)

[biztipoff]

O want your book but I'm broke. Help me

[tiredtime]

If only the dot-com bubble people realized that

[killamankaze]

So TRUE!!

[PLAL1057]

I hope they sell this book in south america. c:

[arimolac]

Finally someone puts the mystery of success into simple words........ thank you, Derek!

[craigrmeyer]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[safewaycart]

Thankyou!

[fvv3]

Great video, but...

Batman > Spiderman!

[btheoret]

Always a pleasure Derek.  Thanks for the idea!

[jnferree]

Thanks to Guy's G+ panel, I found this short, sweet and to the point NFN (no funding needed) excerpt. Strong work Derek! Now when i reiterate my mantra (for the umpteenth time) "Thing Big, Start Small, Scale Fast, Do It Now" - I have a nice piece of relevant content to support my point ;-)

[feedyourmindmusic]

Cool video and great advice Derek. I used this approach with a recent project of mine and it definitely works.

thanks man,

Matt

[sethdavismusic2]

thanks for again busting us (me) on another popular & seductive tool of procrastination.  looking forward to the book (there i go again!)

[Kudarro08]

just fell in love with your big, beautiful and uncomplicated brain! thank you!

[Pattytunes]

Brilliant

[BayberryFineArt]

I'm trying to think how to apply this to my art career. So far my painting takes a lot of time and money for canvas, paint, framing, Web site, email, portfolio...with little return. Getting the attention of galleries is key but they are all overloaded with artists. I get plenty of postive feedback on my paintings so I'm just sticking with it and hoping I'll get a break eventually.

Bayberryfineart

[Vhozard]

Unfortunately you do need funding for a lot of things, but starting small can be a good option for some things.

[191144y]

Great advice, Derek. Thanks a lot!

Your book is very special. I'm sure it will be as successful

as CD Baby.

[fiZBANDcom1]

awesome !

[SuedeManagement]

Luv this very simple thanks always great info

[Kwpolska]

I want that book. NOW.

[GundamDeathScythe11]

a good example of this is Felicia Days The Guild, she started with a camera and a few friends and now she has endorsements and millions of fans

[egelinn]

Thanks! Very inspiring!:)

[devonwilke]

Yep. Really smart. Coming from you, the founder of CD.Baby, it's even more wise.

[WebsterAnn]

Agreed, your voice is pleasant and friendly without being disingenuine. However, I would like to point out that even you had to begin funding with 500 dollars. ... I guess regardless of the goal, one needs a job.

[shamiradnan]

I love you... derek... hahahha... you speak well ..

[strattanpossum]

This one gave me tingles and goosebumps, had to watch again!

[HouseOfGrind]

I dig this one brother

[Sabikization]

Nothing but the truth. Keep these short animated stories coming, I love them.