![]() ![]() It received an initial investment from the Y Combinator seed fund in the amount of $15,000. Called Songkick, it was co-founded by Hogarth, Matt Jones, Pete Smith, and Adam Schiffe. She spent much of her free time working on the site, and felt so passionate about it that she ultimately decided to resign her job and commit to it full-time. The two got accepted into the program but You remained at her employer in New York. Hogarth liked the concept, and You joined with him to pitch it to Y Combinator, an initiative that provides funding for startups. Her thoughts arose as a result of her difficulty finding comprehensive and accurate event information. ![]() It would then send users an e-mail with concert dates for their favorite artists. Being a music lover and regular concert-goer, she suggested that he build a website that scanned iTunes libraries for users‘ music preferences. He eventually quit his job with the desire to start his own firm, and asked her for ideas. ![]() The program ended and she migrated to New York for a job managing a magazine, while he left to work at Bain & Co. Michelle You was studying Mandarin at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and became friends with fellow student Ian Hogarth. Songkick’s mission is to make every concert show sell out. ![]()
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