Startup Trek TV had the opportunity to interview the co-founder & CEO of Digital Music analytics startup “Next Big Sound” at their headquarters in downtown Boulder, Colorado.
This startup came together in Chicago during the spring and summer 2008, and moved to the Boulder area after entering and winning a spot in the competitive and selective “TechStars” program, which attracted 600 companies to the competition for ten slots (we’ll report TechStars shortly).
Alex’s story of how he went from being a College Student to a Venture Capital funded, post-grad entrepreneur is quite the informative story. He gave up a lucrative job offer, returning the signing bonus to pursue his dream, then found himself raising capital right at the start of the great recession. He worked for two months on a 2-month US tour of a band, learning the business of band promotion, both online and “the old fashioned way”, by helping them promote their tour online.
Alex also answered some of our questions about what TechStars is, and how it works. We’ll have more information on the interview posted in our article in a video interview.
The Next Big Sound story is quite an interesting one of how some determined Collegiate entrepreneurs, armed with steely nerves and 18 months of persistence behind an idea, can come out on top in the startup game.
