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Welcome to SL #11! Occasionally we like to pull in a guest from outside of the Southeast, and today’s guest has a very compelling story to tell indeed. What is an Internet music entrepreneur to do when, after surviving the dot com flameout, his company is faced with potentially crippling fees from the RIAA?

In this show, we sit down with Pandora founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Tim Westergren, for a great chat about Pandora, the Music Genome Project, the RIAA, their shelved plans for international expansion (thanks to the RIAA), and what the future holds for Pandora!

As an added bonus we throw capital brokers and people who charge money for networking and capital introductions “under the bus” as we continue to bring you truth & justice … the StartupLounge.com way, baby! We also give a nice update on our upcoming Capital Connections event here in Atlanta.
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