Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry - A Panel Discussion

Description:

The explosion of the digital revolution has made the music industry a prime area for global entrepreneurs. By way of the Internet, radio, television and mobile devices, more and more entrepreneurs are finding new innovative ways to reach and inspire music listeners.

Moderator:

Keith Garde

President
PAID Celebrity Services

Keith Garde, founder of PKA Management and current President of Celebrity Services at Paid, Inc., brings over 25 years of experience in recording/touring artist management, serving as co-manager from the late 80's through to 1995 for the internationally renowned rock group Aerosmith and continues to consult for the group today. His experience includes: business development; organizational systems, structure and processes; strategic alliance management; branding and imaging as well as having architected fan club management subscriptions and fan experience programs.

Presenters:

Panos Panay

Founder & CEO
Sonicbids

Panos is the founder of Sonicbids. His childhood dream of being alternatively the next George Best or the next George Benson came to an end when each canceled the other out. The idea for Sonicbids came to him while reading the book "Blur" and decided to go for it in September of 2000. Before that, he worked on the "dark side" of the business as an international talent agent.

Panos hails from Cyprus and is a self-described "voracious" reader, usually traveling with more magazines than clothes (that's a LOT). He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994 with a degree in Music Business. In 2005 Panos was named as one of Fast Company Magazine's "Fast 50" entrepreneurs and is currently serving as co-chairman of CREATE Boston, an initiative launched by the Mayor of Boston to bolster the creative economy in the city.

He is a diehard supporter of English football club Arsenal and by last count he owns over 25 jerseys of "The Gunners" dating back to 1983. He loves his coffee extra strong and blames Elvis for his life long fascination with America.

Mark Duffy

Delta Capital Partners, Inc.

Mark has spent most of his career as an entrepreneur. He has co-founded and taken operational and advisory roles in a number of venture backed companies in a variety of industries ranging from semiconductor design to health care information to mobile search and advertising. His brush with the music industry was as an advisory to a New York based company producing music and sound design for commercials, films and television called Human Music and Sound Design.

Eric Giler

Former Chairman and CEO,
Groove Mobile

Eric Giler is the former Chairman and CEO of Groove Mobile a VC backed startup and the first over the air music download service for cell phones. In addition he acts as board member, investor and an advisor in a variety of music industry startups, such as Muse Research, Nimbit and the Echonest."