The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will be hosting it’s first Denver based Music Startup Academy on Thursday, October 8th. The course curriculum will provide insights into key areas like licensing, business development and technical operations. Startups will also have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of industry experts for a constructive critique to better prepare them for when they score a real-life face-to-face meeting at a record label, VC firm and more. Click here for more information and registration.
*Additional details on speakers and sessions will be announced closer to the event.
11:45 AM
Registration Begins
NOON
Welcome & Introduction to Music Biz’s Startup Services
- Robby Towns, Music Biz
12:15 PM
Keynote Presentation
Lloyd will provide an overview of his experiences of starting Beatport during a time where digital download stores were in a state of infancy, as well as the progression to the company’s acquisition by SFX and his current role with other startups.
- Lloyd Starr, Beatport
1 PM
Publishing and Label Operations
Learn the economics of the music industry, including the licenses required for master recordings and songwriting. Make sure you’re not recreating the wheel with tools already available to startups, such as APIs and established services that have already done the legwork on licensing large catalogs of content.
1:30 PM
Basic Technical Operations
What is metadata and why does it matter to your company regardless of whether you are bootstrapped or in your 5th year of operations. Learn about the core elements of the digital supply chain in today’s music industry, how it’s changing and why you should care.
- Chris Read, Isolation Network/INgrooves (formerly Sony DADC)
2 PM
Break & Networking
2:30 PM
Bootstrapped Brand Building: Launching a Record Club in the 21st Century
Understand the economics and infrastructure of the music industry is critically important to a startup, but it is only a portion of the tools a company will need prior to launch. Building a brand that engages users and customers is something that shouldn’t be overshadowed. Learn about how to build a fresh and engaging brand for a business model that has been around for decades…the record club.
- Matt Fielder, Vinyl Me, Please
*All attendees will receive a free vinyl record courtesy of Vinyl Me, Please
3 PM
Business Development
During this presentation, we’ll aim to help you determine the difference between a “cool app idea” vs meeting a legitimate business need for the music industry. We’ll get your ready for your meeting with biz dev folks being sure you know the answers to the important questions that all these professionals are looking for you to answer.
3:30 PM
Day 1: You’ve got funding and your product is launched…now what!?
The VC pitches are over, your product is now fully live for the world to see. Now you have to run a company and keep it above water. What do you do? FaderPro will give an account of their experiences of getting the company to this point, what they learned along the way and their approach to running and growing the company going forward.
- Vincent di Pasquale, FaderPro
4 PM
Shark Tank
This session will allow startups to pitch their ideas to a panel of the industry industry experts for a constructive critique to better prepare them for when they score a real-life face-to-face meeting at a record label, VC firm and more.
*If you are interested in pitching, you must submit this short form. After you register for the event, you must also complete your Startup/App profile in our Music Startup Network, if you have not done so already. Please complete as much detail as possible. Profiles without robust information will not awarded a pitch slot.
4:55 PM
Closing Remarks
- Robby Towns, Music Biz
5 – 7 PM
Networking Reception sponsored by FaderPro
Location TBD
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