Microsoft Innovation Center Brussels

Trackmaestro is still in a phase of development, working on the beta version of the website. We are operating on a lean methodology and we have already had our first clients. Anyway, you might still be wondering, “what is Trackmaestro?”.
Trackmaestro is a platform designed for both musicians and people looking for music, such as video editors and advertising agencies. It is a crowdsourcing platform that helps those two parties to meet. The client (the one who’s looking for music) will post a brief, describing what kind of music he would like the best for his project. On the other side, musicians will be able to submit their tailor-made creations to the client based on his briefing. The whole process takes place as a contest. So, in the end, we are kind of the 99 designs for music! If you are a musician, or if you are looking for music, don’t hesitate to join us on:

www.trackmaestro.com

We took part in the 5th Boostcamp organized by the MIC in Brussels in 2014. We had an amazing time working on our project in the new offices of the MIC and it has definitely been a major step forward for our startup. I would advise anyone who wants to turn his idea into a real project to attend the Boostcamp’s workshops. Experts from various areas (such as sales, marketing, finance, community management) come at each session and deliver valuable insights to help you build a strong and powerful project. Moreover, being supported by Microsoft Innovation Center gives you much credibility in front of your potential clients.

We are a team of four people, but above all, four friends. The only one missing in the picture is Lorenzo, aka “the geek”, who is in charge of developing the platform. Except Lorenzo, we are all students, but we are about to end our studies in a couple of months. By then, the beta version of the platform will be operational. These last months, we’ve been testing our hypothesizes with early clients, which allowed us to fine-tune our positioning, our marketing plan, our operational plan and our financial plan. Today, we are 100% ready for the great launch of Trackmaestro.

If you are hesitating to launch your own business, here are my few tips:

- The most valuable resource you can have while setting up your business is a good network. Grow it as fast as possible: meet a lot of people and join as much initiatives as possible (such as boostcamps and startup weekends).

- You might believe everyone thinks the same as you, but they don’t. Get your idea to the real world: come and challenge your project with experts and other entrepreneurs, it is the fastest learning you could expect.

- There is no right time to start. Don’t think it’s too early or too late for you, if you don’t try, you’ll never know.

To follow us, don’t hesitate to like us on Facebook

www.fb.com/trackmaestro

Or contact me at anytime,

Thomas, [email protected]