As the music business evolves and moves beyond the antiquated copyright exploitation model, it makes increasing amounts of sense to further explore the thoughts I’ve shared on the parallels between the future of our business and the current ways of the venture capital/tech start-up world. Every artist (the creative) and their manager (the business person, [...]
The Music Venture Capital Business Model (Or A New Perspective)
September 13th, 2010 · 14 Comments
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The Artist As An Entrepreneur – Pt. 7 – Why Should Anyone Invest In Your Band?
August 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments
In the previous article I took a big picture approach to look at why a record label, manager or lawyer might want to invest in a band and helping them become successful. The most important aspect of a project was determined to be the people involved, and the relationships between them. Below I will further [...]
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The Artist As An Entrepreneur – Pt. 6 – Team Dynamics
August 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
In my vision of the Music Industry near-future artists will be entrepreneurs, and Major Labels and future music companies will turn into investment companies, and both will relate in a similar way as technology start-ups and venture capitalists do. Paul Graham is a partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator, and has funded more than [...]
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