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Comment · 10 years ago
This is for OP if its their project. Feedback your mobile version needs work. I see that it's responsive, but a lot of the content is off the screen.
Comment · 10 years ago
Yep. I got the email. Double check that your emails are in line with your linkedin account.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
Tidal is failing for many reasons. The psychology behind being told this was what we were getting instead of finding it for ourselves. Tidal was marketed more so to artists then the consumer. The original idea was to have the money go back to the artists instead streaming apps trying to pay the artists as little as possible. Not a great selling point being told to pay more just cause. Especially when other services offer a better service.

Second, niche is too small. The majority of bulk music buyers are between 17- 25 years of age. High fidelity audio and videos isn't top priority especially when itunes or downloading a YouTube videos audio is an option.

Competition too great Spotify is at 100 million downloads on android alone. Also Apple music and Google play come built in to the smart device and is already integrated with your existing music.

Tidal wanted to get big too fast. All successful apps started with slow growth. They learned their user base, adjusted to widen the types of users in that base, grew a healthy back bone over a period of time to establish a strong infrastructure. Im pretty sure that Jay-Z just hired some contract developers to build this app, upload it and build a simple hosted solution. The app is experiencing growth pains. Its like a small 5 table restaurant trying to to seat customers like it's a 100 table restaurant.

Also I support the "Tidal being dead statement", since Jay-Z couldn't make a deal with Sony for licensing. He will have to remove a lot of artists from his catalog. Mind you a majority of them being "founders"...

Comment · 10 years ago
Recruiters are probably the worst thing on the planet. Because besides interviewing with them, giving them all your info, you still have to do all the communication with the company. I recommend this, recruiters are kind of an evil you have to live with. So allow yourself one recruiting company that has a good bearing in the area. I.e. you meet them in an office that they own and not at a star bucks because it's a one man show.

Then uses sites like indeed.com, venturefizz.com, or apply directly to the company. Use hired.com if you got a nice fancy resume for them to show off, but avoid it if you are strictly entry level.

The troublesome part is that only recruiting companies can get you in to startups that are still in stealth mode or too small to hire someone just for recruiting and hr.

Comment · 10 years ago
Never heard os spike. Most certainly looking that up. That's k you.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thank you all for your feedback this was great!
Comment · 10 years ago
Those accounts have lawyers and financial experts crossing all the t's and dotting every i. If you were going to automate this then your servers would need to be hosted somewhere in Panama since they are using Panama law to build these shell companies.

Then hire a team of Panama lawyers to file the documents and financial experts to manage the money that is being "hidden".

I believe the only thing you could do to automate the process is build a site like rocketlawyer.com and have people file it that way and then follow up a consultation call to walk them through the rest of the process.

Comment · 10 years ago
Look for venture cafes in your area. Wework usually hosts one. They have some days where they interview potential companies to put them in front of VCs and Angel investors.
Comment · 10 years ago
Yeah ZocDoc is best for that.
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm going to do nothing. Going to Canada isn't really beneficial to me. Starting over is pointless. But I do highly recommend starting a business. If Trump wins I can guarantee that he is changing laws in favor of his business practices. Follow his money and have a business copying his moves.
Comment · 10 years ago

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