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Here is a fantastic compilation of posts and articles from 2012 about managing startups from Tom Eisenmann Professor at Harvard Business School who studies lean startups, entrepreneurship, platforms, and network effects (Twitter: @teisenmann). This is so much information and wisdom here for anyone starting a new venture or trying to make their startup successful. As Tom says […]
I will be judging a startup competition at Billboard’s FutureSound conference this Thursday and Friday. Sign up here and use this code SPCOL12 for a discount! bit.ly/WvqcRg. These are the five finalists that will be competing. http://www.getmixxd.com http://www.playground.fm http://swarm.fm http://www.tixie.com http://www.tunezy.com This looks like it could be a pretty exciting conference with keynote speakers including VC […]
I will be moderating a discussion this Friday at Babson’s Entrepreneurship Forum on Distruption in the Music Industry. This year’s 11th annual forum is following a theme of Celebrating Entrepreneurs of All Kinds. From an acclaimed singer/songwriter and a young man fighting gang violence through his non-profit organization to a designer/entrepreneur whose shoes are worn […]
Here is a guest post excerpt from my friend and artist MC Lars from the Huffington Post UK. “In last week’s State of the Union, President Obama stressed the importance of creatively revitalising our nation’s economy. He called for “an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of […]
If you are a recording artist or a manager and have been distributing music on iTunes under a deal with one of the big record labels, pay attention. F.B.T. Productions in Detroit, the producers who helped Eminem achieve his success are paving the way via a lawsuit against Universal Music and others, to larger payouts […]
From the Wharton School, an article on the new economics of life for creators and how they will be compensated in the future. Making a living as an artist has never been easy — whether in film, music or publishing. But the digital revolution — and to a lesser extent, the global economic crisis of […]
From Katheryn Glass. After years of attempting to battle illegal downloading of musical tracks on the Internet, the recording industry has taken its case to Washington. The industry backed a bill, which was introduced in the US Senate this fall. The bill would shut down sites facilitating illegal downloads, and this idea that fans should […]
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