Lessons from the Business of Hip-Hop w/ Dan Runcie

Time Stamps:

(5:50) Dan’s background / What is Trapital?

(12:32) Sports and Hip-Hop: “We want to be them, they want to be us”

(13:12) How artists have engaged fans without live events

(17:55) Example of how music can scale into sports and entertainment

(24:37) Creative models to replace revenue  

(26:05) Key partnerships for at-home entertainment

(29:52) "Name-Image-Likeness" Parallels

(31:40) Disruptions in the music industry

(34:17) Framework for analyzing business models

(37:52) The role that music videos have had in revenue generation for the music industry 

(44:08) Modern-day lessons from music business leaders 

(47:19) Generating Passion vs. Influence

(50:46) If Dan were the Athletics Director for a day...

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Harvard Business School case study on Beyonce

Ben Thompson Business Model

Michael and Janet Jackson Scream Music Video

Where to Reach the Guest:

Trapital Newsletter

Email -  info [at] trapital.co

LinkedIn - Dan Runcie

Twitter - @RuncieDan

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