Plink
Plink provides and monetizes a geo-locational booking platform for the 33,000+ daily searches made by musicians. The marketplace is estimated at $41B by 2030.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Media and Entertainment
- Location Central Valley, CA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded April 2015
- Employees 6
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website plinkyou.com
Company Summary
33,000 times a day musicians are searching for each other to hire. Be it for today, next week or next month. This represents $5M+ in daily hiring. Transactional revenue for 5% of market provides $4M+ ARR. There is currently no application that searches by talent, genre, location and availability. This is a $41B Marketplace opportunity.
Plink revenue is derived from Transactional Fees, Marketing, Advertising, Data/Analytics and Subscriptions.
Team
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Founder/CEOB2C and B2B marketing executive with Westin, Ritz-Carlton and Fairmont Hotels. On the frontline of launch for Expedia and Priceline. Successfully responsible for revenue budgets in excess of $50M. Nationally recognized with Westin for market and revenue growth.
As a consultant he has helped build both B2C and B2B businesses. Putting together and managing executive teams, training sales teams and building partner relationships are his strengths. -
Co Founder/VP A&RStudio and Touring Artist. CEO of Two-Rock Amplifiers (www.two-rock.com). 17 CD releases, trusted by artists like John Mayer to repair and build their gear.
As CEO of Two-Rock Eli works with major artists and distributors on an international level. His proficiency in artist relations and understanding artist needs has led him to achieve double digit growth during his tenure as Two-Rock CEO. -
Marketing/Brand ManagementAd Agency/Social Media Agency owner. Founder of Storypowered (www.storypowered.com) Previous - Real Estate Development, Marriott Vacation Club Corporate Executive .
Bill developed the international sales and marketing training programs for Marriott Vacation Club. His recent work with multi-million dollar real estate projects has allowed him to grow Storypowered to a national presence and open markets in technology, retail and finance. -
Chief Technology OfficerCEO/Owner Principal ClearWave Software with 22 UI and UX developers on staff since 2001. Deep experience with private government contracts for software, privately held multi-national corporations (as outsource development team) and design lead for Uber/Lyft drive fintech apps.
Lee has had more than 3 successful exits. -
Advisor - SVP Business Development20 year technology and application business development and sales strategy. Worked with Bill Gross at Idealabs on app launches in B2C space.
Robert's experience in Music Technology and Business Development goes back to product launches with MTV and E! Networks. His career has included being a key team member for 3 successful exits. -
UI/UX DesignerUser Experience Design Specialist for Web, Mobile (Apple, Android), tvOS and Smartwatches. Expert in Research, Prototyping and AB Testing (Adobe Suite, Sketch3, Invision).
High proficiency to deal with development team about HTML5, CSS3, JS, BEM, SASS.
Developer for taxitime app, bookings.com, Barclays Community mobile app, sabor.fm radio app and several smartwatch applications. -
Jeff JamesChief Revenue OfficerJeff brings a wealth of entrepreneurial sales and operations experience to Plink. In his 25+ years of sales experience he has always maintained a customer first attitude. A roll up the sleeves type manager, prior to Plnk, Jeff ran start up, SMB and Corporate sales teams while working at notable companies like IBM, Intel and Hewlett Packard.
Advisors
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Julius MelendezUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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William A. BorgUnconfirmed -
Paul G. PetersonUnconfirmed -
Anthony ArmentaUnconfirmed
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