Music business

3 Lessons on how to pitch your startup from Ben Folds' manager, Mike Kopp

Consensus, leadership, and levers are how open standards thrive. They've eluded the music industry – until now.

With the Music Modernization Act now law, the music industry faces an unprecedented opportunity to develop and adopt open standards. Continue reading Consensus, leadership, and levers are how open standards thrive. They've eluded the music industry – until now.

Unlocking the future of the music industry

Two months ago, we publicly launched Trustream. Here, I share our industry point of view and thesis for starting the company. Continue reading Unlocking the future of the music industry

Customers before code

Fear is not the answer

4 business lessons relearned

Music and tech — completely different animals?

Nashville — the next music tech hub

The music industry has a debt problem

What the music business can learn from free-to-play

The principles behind F2P make a lot of sense in a lot of ways for the music business. Those selling to fans as well as bands should take note. Continue reading What the music business can learn from free-to-play