BeatDeck
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
BeatDeck was a big-data music analytics platform founded in January 2013 at Y Combinator in Mountain View, California, by Josh Mangel and Avi Zolty. Pitched as 'Music, Metrics... Meritocracy,' it let artists upload music and connect their social accounts, then evaluated artists' KPIs, analyzed social signals, and provided an extensive dashboard into the music industry.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
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- Founded at Y Combinator
Josh Mangel and Avi Zolty founded BeatDeck in January 2013 at Y Combinator in Mountain View, launching the music analytics platform.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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