Ali Partovi
Ali Partovi
Ali Partovi is an Iranian-American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of Code.org, iLike, LinkExchange, an early advisor at Dropbox, and an early promoter of bid-based search advertising. Partovi currently serves on the Board of Directors at FoodCorps...
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This is groundbreaking, ... We applaud Clear Channel for creating national exposure for unsigned artists chosen by music fans. The idea that a musician can submit music online for the chance to have it promoted to a nationwide audience is the American dream come true, and a major step toward democratizing how music is discovered.
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Over the last five years, musicians outside the major label system have created three times as much music (as held by the major record companies). And I think that's just the start.
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The Web is increasingly becoming a place for new music to be discovered. We're only at the beginning.
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We think a big part of what's wrong with the music industry is while the trends over the last 10 years have reduced the cost of music production, the music industry has not figured out how to change their model, Invest first, test later.