At least, this one did.<\/p>\n
I am just finishing watching this hour long interview<\/a> with Chamillionaire, (found via Both Sides of the Table<\/a>).\u00a0 It’s long, but worth listening to.\u00a0 It is very interesting to see some of the patterns that arise in entreprenuership, venture capital, and the music industry. The key takeaway for me is that the rise of the internet means you are not limited to going through gatekeepers like you used to be (and this is true for entrepreneurs and musicians–check out this interesting company<\/a> I found out about at Boco<\/a> last year for a nice intersection of the two).<\/p>\n This isn’t strictly due to the internet (Chamillionaire started with mix tapes), but the internet radically increases the scope and breadth of our reach.\u00a0 All you have to do is put in the time, blood, sweat and tears, and you can build your audience.\u00a0 And, most importantly, you can take that audience with you wherever you go (Chamillionaire will when he leaves Universal, and Dion Almaer will as he leaves Palm<\/a>).<\/p>\n Other highlights\/takeaways:<\/p>\n\n