{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Who's Afraid of Music Startups? Investors, That's Who.","description":"Invest in the right music startup, and you're a billionaire.&amp;nbsp; Make the wrong bet, and you're out of $5 million (or in court for five years). But that's true for any investment risk involving new ideas and sectors.&amp;nbsp; So why are investors still gun-shy around music startups and concepts? I assembled three experts in Hamburg, Germany to help me answer this very topic.&amp;nbsp; One recently sold his music distribution to Sony Music and is currently the president of a soccer club in Hamburg.&amp;nbsp; Another is actively investing across numerous creative areas in Europe.&amp;nbsp; And another is actively coaching and advising firms and startups in the space.&amp;nbsp; I asked them to be blunt with me.&amp;nbsp; And I found some serious concerns surrounding investment dollars and music startups. Thierry Boujard of MusicDeals told me he likes quick exits.&amp;nbsp;Claudia Schwarz, VP of MusicTech Germany laughed a bit at that one, calling a quick exit in music 'a conundrum'.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Oke Goettlich, who started FineTunes and sold it to The Orchard (owned by Sony Music), had a very slow exit (and bootstrapped the whole way). And off we went... ","author_name":"The Digital Music News Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/category\/podcasts\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8330543\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/8330543"}