Contacts as Currency

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A musician builds a super phone that layers on the Twilio API and a quick Ruby on Rails backend to exchange contacts and sell tracks by SMS, giving precise buyer data instead of relying on platforms; it automates contact capture, bumps paying fans into a priority queue, and already texts audiences on stage. Claims include direct ownership of audiences, scale from about 565,000 followers and ~450,000 Facebook likes, and a $750,000 convertible note backing.

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1. 0:00Live performance
2. 2:52Introduction of speaker
3. 4:22Superphone technology
4. 7:27Data ownership and control
5. 9:43Music industry insights
6. 12:33Diversity in tech

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