What 25 Years of Platform Innovation Taught Me About Strategy
When I launched ArtistShare in 2003, I had no idea the approach we developed would become the foundation for what's now a multi-billion dollar industry. What started as a solution to help artists fund their projects directly from fans became the blueprint for every crowdfunding platform that followed—Kickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe, and hundreds of others. Looking back after more than two decades, I realize the real insight wasn't the technology. It was understanding something fundamental about human behavior that most platforms still miss today. The Relationship, Not the Transaction Everyone focuses on the mechanics of crowdfunding—the payment processing, the reward tiers, [...]
AI in Music: Destructive or Constructive?
Welcome to part one in a series where we analyze the current state and future effects of AI on the music industry. Brought to you by Brian Camelio, founder of ArtistShare, the Internet’s first “crowdfunding” platform, and Camelio Group consulting. The new disruptive technology in the music industry is AI Disruptive technologies are certainly not a new concept to the music industry. Disruptive technology is an innovation that significantly alters the way that consumers, industries, or businesses operate. A disruptive technology sweeps away the systems or habits it replaces because it has attributes that are recognizably superior. ~ Investopedia AI ingests musical data, [...]
