LearnLaunchX – New Startup Accelerator for Ed-Tech

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LearnLaunchX  inducts its first cohort of eight early stage companies into its intensive three-month immersive ed tech accelerator program.  The companies were chosen for their exceptional potential to make education more effective, impactful, accessible and affordable across the education continuum. The first LearnLaunchX session begins today, and includes: Listen Edition: Public radio stories, lesson plans […]

Startup Strategies – Best of 2012

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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 […]

Ridin’ with Hypebot

My buddy Bruce Houghton at Hypebot, caught me last week for a quick interview before Rethink Music.  Here is an except from our discussion: HYPEBOT: Your new focus is on consulting and investing. Are there any sectors, particularly within music and music tech, that particularly interest you or where you see the most room for growth? […]

Fan Financed Music – Symphony of a Million

Patronage of the arts is a time honored practice that is still alive and well in the music business.  Many examples of fan financing from Ellis Paul, to Jill Sobule and many others have been reported and detailed recently in this blog and others.  Now a group of musicians from California have put together a […]

Cycles in Music – Video

From the Business Innovation Factory Summit, my presentation on the Past, Present and Future of Music. http://e.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv/rss/flash/1445348&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf&feedurl=http%3A//bif.blip.tv/rss/flash&brandname=BIF&brandlink=http%3A//www.businessinnovationfactory.com&enablejs=true&tabType2=none&tabType1=details&tabTitle1=About&tabType3=none&backcolor=0xffffff&frontcolor=0×999999&lightcolor=0xcccccc&showguidebutton=false&autostart=false&showmorebutton=false Here is the story they wrote about me for the Summit. Back in the seventies, David Kusek walked from his freshman dorm at the University of Connecticut, down a long hill to the music department for classes several […]

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