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# Derek Sivers On The Co-op Business Model: Share Whatever You’ve Got
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-co-op-business-model-share-whatever-youve-got/
- Published: 2011-11-28T11:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-28T11:10:00.000Z
- Description: Sharing has been a part of life for a long time, but has become increasingly important in business and social media – just look at the prominence of share buttons. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/11/the-co-op-business-model-share-whatever-youve-got.html]
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- Tags: Music Think Tank, Business model, co-op/sharing model, Derek Sivers, ideas, music industry, Natalie Cheng, share, sharing, Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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Sharing has been a part of life for a long time, but has become increasingly important in business and social media – just look at the prominence of share buttons on websites. On [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/derek-sivers-on-the-co-op-business-model-share-whatever-youv.html?ref=hypebot.com), **Derek Sivers** explains the co-op/sharing model.

“**Share** as your contribution in return for all the things and ideas that people have shared with you.”
  
  
[Read on](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/derek-sivers-on-the-co-op-business-model-share-whatever-youv.html?ref=hypebot.com) to see how he has applied the sharing model to the music industry.