Company
MusicTech Lab
MusicTech Lab, as described on the show by Maciej Dulski.
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Maciej Dulski, co-founder of MusicTech Lab, explains why boring B2B fixes for metadata and licensing beat flashy consumer apps in music tech.
Questions these episodes answer
Why did MusicTech Lab decide to focus only on the music industry?
After building software across industries like medicine and heavy machinery, MusicTech Lab's founders took on their first music tech client and realized understanding basic industry vocabulary and rules, like the difference between a label and a publisher or how royalties work, gave them real specialization. Two years ago they rebranded and committed fully to music.
Why does Maciej Dulski advise music tech founders to raise smaller funding rounds?
Dulski says music tech founders often try to raise the same size rounds as fintech or marketing startups, which rarely matches the smaller opportunity in music. He advises raising less upfront, proving a small product actually works and finds paying clients, then using that proof to raise a larger round later, rather than overraising before anything is built.
What kind of music tech problems does MusicTech Lab think are most worth solving?
Dulski points to unglamorous B2B problems, like cleaning up music metadata and fixing gaps in licensing, as the biggest overlooked opportunities. He says this work is harder to pitch than a flashy consumer app, but has a better chance of making real revenue in the short term because it solves a problem the industry already knows it has.
How can a music tech startup become more attractive to investors, according to Maciej Dulski?
Dulski points to companies like Poland's ElevenLabs, whose audio technology serves dubbing and other entertainment uses, including music and live shows, as the model. He says a founder's music expertise can prove a product works, and if the same technology could scale into other industries too, that combination looks like a much bigger opportunity to investors who are skeptical of music alone.