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🎵 From Near Death Situations to Industry Disruption: The Deezer Story Continues with Part 5: Dancing With The Sharks 🚀 💃 🦈 Have you ever wondered what it's like to negotiate with music industry giants as a startup? In the latest installment of the Deezer origin story, I take you behind the scenes of our early days: - Tense meetings with SACEM executives - Building the first streaming model in my living room - Face-to-face with a "Joe Pesci from Goodfellas" character at Universal Music - The shocking deal terms that almost derailed everything Plus, learn the two critical insider tips about the music industry that became our secret weapons. This rollercoaster ride is full of setbacks, breakthroughs, and the raw realities of disrupting an established industry. Whether you're an entrepreneur, music lover, or enjoy a good startup story, you won't want to miss this! 🔗 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gdm67zqK #Entrepreneurship #MusicIndustry #StartupStory #Deezer #DisruptiveInnovation

Attention all music lovers and tech enthusiasts! 🎧💻 Have you ever wondered what it takes to launch a music streaming service (and why no one starts with licensing and prefers to get sued, Suno anyone?)? 🎶📜 In my latest article, I take you behind the scenes of the early days of Deezer (formerly Blogmusik) and the complex world of music licensing. 🌍🎵 From navigating the labyrinth of copyrights to drawing inspiration from pioneering services like Pandora and Last.fm, this article is a must-read for anyone curious about the challenges and opportunities in the digital music industry. 🔍 Discover the six different types of licenses needed to stream a single track 💡 Learn how we crafted our vision for a revolutionary music streaming experience 🌟 Explore the competitive landscape of the early days of music streaming I share personal anecdotes, industry insights, and the strategic decisions that shaped our journey from a small startup to a global player in the world of music streaming. 🚀 Click the link below to read the full story and join the conversation! 👇 Don't forget to like, comment, and share with your network. 🙌 #MusicStreaming #Deezer #Blogmusik #Startup #Entrepreneurship #Licensing #Innovation #Tech #DigitalMusic https://lnkd.in/ggbYHnUN

It's time for Part 3 of the Deezer Story! 🎵 Dive into our partnership, the unexpected encounter with our legal counsel, who looked like a rockstar, and the closure of Blogmuisk.net. 🚀 Take a detour into the music industry's landscape at that time to grasp why the stars aligned for us! Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gyXMyPGB #Deezer #MusicIndustry #StartupJourney

Deezer Story Part 2: Punta Cana, Piña Coladas and Doubts [...] We discussed making Blogmusik available on mobile phones, foreseeing that they were the future. We discussed music discovery, agreeing that people often find new music through friends, leading us to consider features like playlists and profiles for music discovery. [...] continue reading here -> https://lnkd.in/gXHVqWg7

Now that my kids have grown, they've become curious about my past. As we left France in January 2012, they never heard about Deezer. My oldest son recently googled my name and asked me a ton of questions about Deezer. This discussion motivated me to write the story of Deezer, not only for them but also for all the people who are curious about how we disrupted the music industry. It all started in the kitchen of my apartment at 78 Boulevard de Sébastopol, in the 3rd arrondissement, in the heart of Paris. I usually joke about the fact that startups generally start in kitchens in Paris, as we do not have garages like Bill Hewlett and David Packard, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, or Sergey Brin and Larry Page did. Join me here to follow the journey of one of the most iconic French startups. -> https://lnkd.in/eguUPm8T

"What is Meta strategy for NFT?" is a question I am often being asked . Our team has been building all the platform primitives to support minting, storing and payments to enable Instagram to increase their support for creator monetization. More here: https://lnkd.in/ggNmFZ6J

Some of you asked me why I joined Meta a few months ago. When I joined the wallet integration was a prototype. Today the team is rolling out to 100 countries. It is just WAOW! https://lnkd.in/g_WnKZ7b

Aujourd'hui marque le premier jour de quotation de Deezer sur l'Euronext et je repense a tous ceux qui ont permis a Deezer de naitre mais qu'on ne cite que trop rarement: - Michael Majster notre tout premier avocat qui nous a ouvert les portes des labels et de la Sacem. Encore aujourd'hui les contrats qu'il a cree pour Deezer sont utilises a travers le monde - David El Sayegh qui tres tot a compris l'innovation du modele de Deezer et nous a aide a construire le premier modele de licence avec la Sacem - Caroline Champarnaud qui a cru en nous en cet ete 2007 quand nous avons signe notre premier contrat avec la Sacem - Sophie Samama qui m'a appris a devenir un "bon client" et ce qu'est la "com" - Christophe Lameignere qui nous a permis de signer notre premier contrat avec une major de la musique. Sans toi nous n'y serions pas arrive! - Ludovic Pouilly et Julien SIMON sans qui nous n'aurions pas pu construire notre catalogue - Alex Jubien qui nous a mis sur les rails du mobile, a pousse nos premieres API, et a recrute l'actuel CTO de Deezer (Matthieu G. tu te souviens quand tu nous as rejoins?) - Aurélien Hérault notre tout premier salarie, l'homme de la premiere heure, fidele inconditionne - Mathieu Perard notre tout premier commercial qui m'a fait confiance en nous rejoignant alors que nous n'avions pas de regie publicitaire - Axel Corjon qui a designe le logo Deezer devenu un symbole de la frenchtech - Simon Baldeyrou le magicien de la finance, l'homme aux 1,000 ressources - Sebastien NAJI notre premier directeur de regie publicitire, a.k.a mr Mc Do - Stephanie Michel, Loic Lalevée, Damien Pichon, Guillaume Pelat, Jacinthe Busson, la premiere equipe de developpement Je suis sur que j'en oublie mais sans vous Deezer n'aurait jamais pu exister! Fast forward 15 ans, apres une premiere IPO annulee en 2015, un montant total leve de plus de $500m (sans compter l'infusion de cash du SPAC), le resultat de cette cotation est a mettre en perspective avec le passe tumultueux de l'entreprise. Certains parleront d'echec, d'autre de succes. De mon cote, ma grande fierte restera d'avoir fait partie d'un mouvement qui a redefini le monde de la musique et qui permet a des millions d'artistes de toucher leurs fans a travers cette nouvelle generation de plateformes de streaming musical. Kuddos Daniel Ek qui a su s'entourer des investisseurs qui ont cru en sa vision de changer le monde de la musique et a vise en dehors des frontieres de la Suede tres tot dans son developpement. Il y a 15 ans, l'industrie de la musique nous voyait comme des pirates, aujourd'hui le streaming represente 80% des revenus de l'industrie musicale. QED ;)

And here it is, after a few months in the making we are extremely proud to announce the acquisition of Tile. With the acquisition of Tile and our recent acquisition of Jiobit, we are that much closer to realizing our vision of being the world’s leading platform for safety and location services and providing our members with the ability to link and locate people, pets and things all in one place. Learn more in our press release here: https://prn.to/2Zj52R2 And read more about our co-founder and CEO Chris Hulls’ vision moving forward here: https://bit.ly/3FFrKlL