Startup: Why Do Foreign Firms Have So Much Trouble Marketing Their Product?

March 19, 2008

We’ve all seen the marketing case studies of the Nova (no go) being released in South America, and there are countless other examples of firms not translating or adapting their product to fit the correct cultural landscape. This brings me to a great product I found at the local Chun Ching (pronounced “tun ting”) Chinese [...]

Startup: 5 Steps on How to Make a Killer 90 Day Plan

March 18, 2008

This first week after Spring Break, Grooveshark has been re-aligning our public relations, marketing, advertising, business development into busnipublimarketising — simple enough for ya? So I decided to put together a quick How To build a killer 90 day plan: 1. Get a big whiteboard, some Red Bull / Sparks (beer+energy), your team, and 5 [...]

Grooveshark: Self-Made Artist, Long-Tail Legend Birdmonster CHOOSES to Sign a Record Deal

March 17, 2008

In an interesting turn, one of the most successful (relatively speaking) self-made, unsigned artists, Birdmonster signs a record label deal with Fader, as in the magazine turned A&R. Chris Anderson of The Long Tail fame has a great interview with him in which he asks a number of interesting questions, especially considering on his last [...]

Startup: Spiralfrog Renegotiates Loan Term — Buys Them 1 More Year

March 17, 2008

After Spiralfrog posted that 10million loan application, I thought things couldn’t get any worse for them, but it turns out there might be a silver lining to their cloud. They’ve been able to re-negotiate the terms on their loan that required them to pay $7 million back on this day, today. Renegotiating the terms on [...]

Startup: Japanese ISPs to Pull the Plug on P2P

March 16, 2008

In an effort to curb P2P usage, Japanese ISPs are taking steps to first warn P2P users of excessive usage, and then disconnected. I’m not 100% positive on how the business model works, but I’m wondering if these disconnected users would then be asked to find internet service elsewhere. If it is in true that [...]

Startup: Looking for a Way to Market your Startup? Say Hello to VCWare.com

March 12, 2008

Welcome to VCWear.com where you can buy tshirts with funny sayings only VCs will find …funny. The shirts are apparently a big hit at SXSW and founder Andrew Hyde (founder of StartupWeekend) has been wearing his all around Austin. VCWear is a classic business case of how to market your business in the web 2.0 [...]

Grooveshark Helps Elliot Spitzer's Mistress Sell Her Mp3s

March 12, 2008

Ashley Alexandra Dupré or better known as Elliot Spitzer’s (Client 9) for-hire prostitute has had her profiles leaked on the internet, and thanks to Grooveshark, we can help sell her tracks … Grooveshark Turns Scandal Into Opportunity If Monica has taught us anything, it’s that fame of any kind can launch careers, so let’s hope [...]

Gadget: Belkin Mini Surge Protector Powers iPods, iPhones, and Macbooks …

March 12, 2008

For the active traveler, this surge protector really comes in handy. It allows you to remove a couple charger bricks from your lineup. And based on its sexy looks, it’ll keep you looking stylish all the same. Here are the deets: This new design features three AC outlets and two powered USB outlets* – perfect [...]

Grooveshark: Grooveshark's Label Analytics, Moneyshark, Gets Previewed on Read/Write/Web

March 11, 2008

Per our team at SXSW, Grooveshark got a mention on Read/Write/Web today regarding our Moneyshark label analytics service. Moneyshark is designed as a platform allowing labels/artists/bands get an inside look on their content’s performance, whether it be song sales, streams, search activity, etc. The latter few areas are currently in development, and our first release [...]

Grooveshark: How We Make Our Startup Successful

March 9, 2008

Taken from a post by Don Dodge on How to make your startup successful, I thought it would be interesting to see how we’re doing here at Grooveshark. Here are Don’s 5 points: Build a product or service people want For every user to our site, they stay an average of 10 minutes. Compare this [...]