#196: DuMarkus Davis - Musicbuk (pt. 1 of 2)

Today on the podcast is part one of our interview with violinist DuMarkus Davis—our first interview with a tech entrepreneur. He founded Musicbuk, a thriving virtual music lesson platform. DuMarkus will share his path from a young musician growing up in Atlanta, to becoming a Gates Millennium Scholar and studying at the San Francisco Conservatory, to founding Musicbuk with funding from Google and accelerated through Techstars.  Beyond the learning curve of being in the tech space, listeners will enjoy hearing DuMarkus's passion as he speaks about pivoting as an entrepreneur, the challenges he's faced, and what it means to be an arts entrepreneur

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Show Notes:

DuMarkus Davis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dumarkusd

Musicbuk
https://musicbuk.com

San Francisco Conservatory
https://sfcm.edu

Gates Millennium Scholar
https://gmsp.org

Techstars
https://www.techstars.com

White Label Product
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-label_product

New England Conservatory
https://necmusic.edu

Shopify
https://www.shopify.com

San Francisco Symphony
https://www.sfsymphony.org

Peter Pastreich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pastreich

David Gockley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gockley

Biznovator
https://www.biznovator.com

Juan Casimiro
https://www.biznovator.com/biznovators/juan-p-casimiro/

Jane Little 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Little_(musician)

Coldwell Banker
https://www.coldwellbanker.com

ReMax
https://www.remax.com

Scott Shickler
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-shickler-6b5575b0

Mitch Schlimer
https://www.ltbn.com/mitch.htm

UW Madison School of Music
https://music.wisc.edu

SaaS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service

jacktrip.com
https://www.jacktrip.com

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
https://music.indiana.edu

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
https://www.aso.org

David Velasco
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-velasco-bb158a43

Pipa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipa

Juilliard
https://www.juilliard.edu

musicnotes.com

Naman Trivedi
https://www.forbes.com/profile/naman-trivedi/?sh=5e6e0b086a04