Here Maxime Laharrague, founder of Sonar. He played music for quite some time as a kid and grew up surrounded by friends playing in bands, which gave him a knack for working in the industry. But going to college in France coincided with directing his studies in engineering.

Fast forward to 2019, Maxime wrapped up grad school in NYC and looked for an internship which would be critical to being able to maintain my visa. He combed through so many tech companies, some of the really big names just as much as small startups, and the only offer among dozens was from Spotify. He took it as a sign of faith! And I’ve been in the industry since then. After working at Spotify, he decided to become an entrepreneur and now is off to his adventures still taking lessons from Spotify and implementing them into his new algorithmic music industry company for artists. We will wrap up the episode with his upcoming goals traveling to LA for a music tech conference.