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I love what you're doing! But have to observe disparity between: > beating VC-backed startups and > DistroKid intentionally has a small team and no investors
by georgespencer 10y ago
I love what you're doing! But have to observe disparity between:
> beating VC-backed startups
and
> DistroKid intentionally has a small team and no investors. We’re here to make the world a better place for musicians — not to make billions from them. We’d make ludicrously more money if we charged what the other distributors do.
It sounds like you're coexisting quite nicely with different objectives.
- tedmiston 10y ago> beating VC-backed startups Just to nitpick, CD Baby isn't really a VC-backed startup either, right? I've been under the impression Derek bootstrapped it to revenue quickly similarly.
- skrebbel 10y agoHe sold it and they pivoted since. It's hardly the same company at all anymore (Derek's CD Baby was an online record store. A webshop for CDs).