Rob Thomas Made An Appearance in the Grooveshark Office, In Other News..

June 17, 2008

So I guess this whole Grooveshark thing is starting to pan out, eh? Well, Rob Thomas felt it necessary to stop by Gainesville on his way to Jacksonville today, and got the obligatory tour, complete with mention of ping-pong room, and pieces of chair.
Please excuse Rob’s expression, I think he was as surprised to be [...]

Grooveshark Lite is Rocking !

April 19, 2008

On our trip up to Durham, NC we’ve been listening to Grooveshark Lite the whole way and it is absolutely amazing !
I have no qualms claiming that Grooveshark Lite is the best product in its class if you want to listen to music for free.
For those of you who haven’t checked it out yet, jump [...]

Creating a Legal Alternative to the Illegal Networks

April 19, 2008

Exclusives are the common trade practice for most industries to help companies get a competitive advantage over others. AT&T and the iPhone, the Super Bowl on FOX, Madonna on Verizon, etc.
Now for the first two, the exclusives make sense. You can’t use an iPhone on Verizon and you can’t watch the Super Bowl on CBS, [...]

Grooveshark: On Our Way to Durham, NC for CED in an RV

April 16, 2008

Yes, we are actually in an RV driving up i-95 to Durham, NC for the CED Venture Conference April 16-18.
We’re going to be presenting on Thursday at 2:30pm, so if you’re in the area, be sure to stop by and say hi:

By the way, if you haven’t yet, check out Grooveshark Lite and listen to [...]

FayerWayer Features Grooveshark, and the Servers Go Down..

March 30, 2008

FayerWayer, one of the top Spanish technology blogs, did a feature on Grooveshark yesterday and it sent our servers down (for about 15 minutes) and also their servers for a similar period of time.

It turns out the reason our site went down wasn’t actually a server issue, our load was less than 50%, but rather [...]

Startup: Mac vs PC …Simply Amazing

March 25, 2008

Yet another great Mac vs PC ad:

Anyone have any other creative ads to share?

Grooveshark: Will iPhone SDK Allow Grooveshark Music Apps?

March 20, 2008

We’re really interested in the iPhone Fund that Kleiner has created and we’ve done some work on a number of prototypes, however, we’re still waiting to hear word from Apple and Steve J on whether or not music-related apps will be allowed on the iPhone..
It reasons that Apple makes more money on the iPhone than [...]

Grooveshark: Web 2.0 Music The Way It Should Be Done

March 19, 2008

I put together a cool introduction to Grooveshark this past week and am in the final stages of production on it and wanted to share it with you:

I was really intrigued by the web 2.0 …the machine video and wanted to create a similar video showcasing Grooveshark.
Let me know your comments…

Grooveshark: Weedshare Founder Endorses the Grooveshark Model (indirectly)

March 19, 2008

John Beezer, the co-founder of Weedshare, whose company is now on the auction block is giving up some suggestions on how they should have done Weedshare for the potential purchasers, and the ideas he’s floating sound awfully similar to the model we’re building at Grooveshark.
Here’s a sample of his suggestions from p2pnet:
Lesson learned: even benign [...]

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 interview, [...]

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 the [...]

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 world. [...]

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