At 17 years old, @​guyoseary, who went on to manage artists like Madonna, U2, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, received hundreds of demos from musicians looking to get signed to his record label. He compares the early days of his career discovering top-tier artistic talent to finding the right founders to invest in. "Starting in the music business, [the AI market] feels like the early days where you're just getting demos everywhere." "You're walking out of a club and people are like, 'Here's my demo, here's my demo, here's my demo.' How can I tell which one [to sign]?" "If you put in enough work, time, and diligence, it starts to become a little more obvious." "I literally was like 17 years old with 100 demos. The first three demos I heard, I had my favorite, second favorite, and third in order. But 100 in, those three are not even in the top 20." "You have to do a lot of work, you have to listen, you have to meet a lot of people." ▻