Destined to Fail: Why Music Start-Ups Are Screwed

Early this week, Dalton Cadwell, the founder imeem, gave a speech on music start-ups. The cautionary tale he delivered made the thought of beginning a music start-up sound like a very, very bad idea. At first, it simply sounded like Cadwell was being over the top and over dramatizing the situation. Having watched the talk he gave below, it doesn't seem like he was being provocative at all. This means that his seemingly doom and gloom depiction of music start-ups might be closer to the truth than we think. In saying that, I hope he isn't right. Watch his talk on start-ups below:



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