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by earbitscom 3y ago
We're not secret about the artists we work with. I just didn't much care to use their names in a forum where people are being unnecessarily negative. We see it as our responsibility to protect their brand, not the other way around
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by earbitscom 3y ago
Hey all, Inversion founder here. Nice to see some interest in what we're doing. Given the TC paywall and other misconceptions about how the art world and Inversion work, I thought I'd clear a few things up. There are many differen
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by earbitscom 3y ago
Inversion founder here. We don't want artists who don't need us much. Artists always have needs that they can't, or shouldn't, be handling for themselves. Even the top 1% of artists get services and support from their ga
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by earbitscom 3y ago
Inversion founder here. Yes, this is spot on. And it is so hard to navigate doing this well, as part-time studio assistants require training, often leave when a new semester starts or they get their own solo exhibition offered to them, requ
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by earbitscom 3y ago
Inversion founder here. We invest by buying artists' work. One of the reasons they work with us is they are tired of relying on grants, which sometimes take weeks to apply for and can provide as little as $1k in funding. They are entre
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by earbitscom 3y ago
See my comment above. We are already working with seven highly regarded artists. Their works are in the collections at The Whitney, MoMA, LACMA, SFMOMA, the Smithsonian, etc.
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by earbitscom 3y ago
Inversion founder here. Most galleries do not provide production capital, and when they do, there become arguments about who owns the work produced. It's a very bad idea and the savviest artists we've worked with don't let th
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by earbitscom 3y ago
(EDIT: Inversion founder here) You're right that you cannot apply the tech VC model - without significant modifications that honor the differences between artists and entrepreneurs. But you're wrong about them not needing studio m
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by earbitscom 3y ago
We do not offer artists to use "our lawyers". We have engaged a law firm that specializes in working with artists to help them with contracts and consultations on IP law, etc. They represent the artists' interests and we simp
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How Inversion Art is trying to become the Y Combinator of the arts world(techcrunch.com)
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A New Startup Is Bringing the Y Combinator Model to the Art World(artnews.com)
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Fundraising Tips from Raising a $1.7M Y Combinator Seed Round(joeyflores.com)
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by earbitscom 10y ago
I've actually been a Storyworth user for quite some time and it's a slick service. It has really helped me connect with my grandmother.
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Isn't that akin to not blogging about a great startup because you don't like their VC? There are better ways to stick it to the man.
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by earbitscom 12y ago
That's all a matter of technical resources, and we are aiming to solve that problem now very soon. More news coming!
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Awesome! Thanks for listening!
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Yeah, our blog is unfortunately neglected. We have tried a number of ways to make it more intuitive but it really just needs an entire overhaul.
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by earbitscom 12y ago
We had to make cuts earlier in the year. Too early to say what we'll be able to do in this area just yet.
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by earbitscom 12y ago
I cannot wait to share the whole story. Who knew all of the upside in starting Earbits would be in the movie rights?
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by earbitscom 12y ago
What a thoughtful comment, poub. Indeed, we wanted to get to having user profiles, playlists and other ways to interact with the community. That was the problem. We knew what we needed to build for our experience to be more sticky, we ju
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by earbitscom 12y ago
You're right, which is why Pandora has been relying on investor capital for over a decade, and Spotify is right behind them. They haven't had a profitable year yet and they don't have a viable model. Our business model, on t
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Thanks for saying that, skyfaller. My co-founder was incredibly focused on curation at a high level. We often got notes from bands who were turned away that, upon listening, I thought...I would listen to this! So we tried to be flexible
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Am I qualified to chime in? We just shut down today after 4.5 years. ;) This is very true, and unfortunate. It makes it easy to feel like everyone is being successful except you. I realized this a couple years ago and, when talking to o
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Totally. Those were fun times.
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Thanks, Neduma. Indeed, it's crowded, but that's not the reason these services don't succeed. Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, etc, all have plenty of users. They just don't have a sustainable model or approach.
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Nah, you're absolutely correct. And in fact, it's crazy because one single song can have 3 writers, 8 performers, a record label, 2 publishers and two different performance rights organizations all with a stake in that track. Bu
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by earbitscom 12y ago
Thanks, Oo! Those were the good old days. ;)
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by earbitscom 12y ago
The truth is that labels aren't needed if you are a savvy business person as well as a musician, but most musicians are not. They need help understanding how to advertise, where to do so, and they need leverage in order to get better
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by earbitscom 12y ago
We have 140,000 songs but we're not in a position to give them away like that.
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by earbitscom 12y ago
You're spot on. Unfortunately, our approach was a double edged sword. No company who licenses a big catalog of music first ever survives to tell the tale. But building a two sided marketplace meant splitting half of our already thin

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