It’s the second week of iV10 and the teams have been hard at work. After sitting in on a meeting with the teams on Monday, it’s apparent the enthusiasm and excitement the members have for their ideas and I can’t wait to see their progress as the summer goes on. It was also fun to see the members of the teams, along with Amit and Rob, brainstorm, and bounce ideas off of each other. One of the companies I was most impressed by was SongAlive, which hopes to develop a program to make collaborating on music easier. I had a chance to chat with co-founder Adam Steele, a graduate student in aerospace engineering, to ask him some questions about the company and what he hopes to gain from this summer.
How did you hear about iVentures10
Through Dr. Brian Lilly from the Technology Entrepreneur Center
What drew you to the program?
Participating in the Cozad New Venture Competition at the University of Illinois
Explain your company’s idea
SongAlive has developed a new platform to unlock the potential of massive collaboration on music and audio.
What are you looking to get out of iVentures 10?
Build relationships with investors, obtain advice and learn from the experience of the partners, use seed funding to help our company grow, and have the most fun summer yet.
Where did your idea come from?
The idea came from trying to work on music over long distances with my old band.
What are your goals after the 10 weeks in the program are over?
Build our product so we can begin initial customer testing.
What are you most looking forward to about this summer?
Just the excitement of starting our first company.
What kind of experiences have you had in the past that will help you begin your company?
Held leadership positions in student organizations, run a research lab, minored in engineering leadership, took entrepreneurship courses, read about startups and technology, go to lectures by entrepreneurs.
Look for more about Adam and SongAlive as they continue to work on their product! Also, please visit songalive.com if you are interesting in becoming a beta tester for the site.