My $3.3M mistake

1 · · May 27, 2009, midnight
Ever since I was a teenager, my dad would occasionally send me things to sign — things for the family business. I didn’t understand the complexities of it, and didn’t need to, so I’d just sign without question. Four years before starting CD Baby, as I was recording my first album, I needed to borrow $20,000 to buy studio equipment. My dad said, “Instead of lending you money, start a corporation. Then the family business can buy shares in your corporation.” So I did. Because my band was called...