kushal chebiyam

ucla // microsoft

@SonotradeHQ

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

house music and trading go hand-n-hand

it's literally the only genre of music where the name barely matters

john summit plays a song by a house artist with 4 listeners; a house artist playing a local show can play john summit

no one cares about prestige, the music is the most important thing

now imagine trading on that music

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

a couple things i noticed:
1. being very personal with users is super important
2. retention is hard
3. onboarding matters a lot
4. you need to have incentives for people to use/join

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

@SonotradeHQ trade trade trade

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

https://t.co/q3WmF3nsIA

we've live

paper trading right now, top users will get free credits for real money soon

use it, dm with any questions or feedback, always looking to improve

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

launching late isn't always bad

people always say to launch ASAP and iterate but if you are launching a new product to completely new customers (who don't know who you are), UI/UX, retention, and onboarding matter A LOT

this almost always requires a lot of attention to detail

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

being first isn’t luck, it’s edge.

in prediction markets, the ones who price reality before the crowd extract the alpha

same in music: the people who hear the next Drake don’t follow culture, they invent the market for it

first movers don’t chase trends, they create the demand the rest later call “genius”

invest in who you believe in

@SonotradeHQ

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

the stock market for music...

coming soon

@SonotradeHQ

[Sonotrade @SonotradeHQ]

Join the waitlist.

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

financialize off fandom

[rappr @rapprbets]

https://t.co/O9tP9iutqh

new link

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

edm is super interesting

the only genre that has artists (big and small) playing each others songs during sets

i think this is really good for talent discovery

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

in regards to the index: quantity > quality

of course streaming is weighted more but there are instances where someone has one song (with almost no listeners) but is blowing up on Tiktok/X

social media matters for the index; so does streaming

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

trade trade trade trade trade

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

is music tech a saturated industry?

[rappr @rapprbets]

Introducing Rappr: the first ever "stock market" for music.

Fans can invest in their favorite artists. Labels get forward-looking scouting data.

Real skin in the game. Un-gameable data.

Only six artists right now, thousands more coming soon.

https://t.co/eK6LjxrgRC (alpha)

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

@PavanKumarNY @fdotinc @cleanailabs hi i think your dm's are closed, also planning to go to finc in-person, would love to chat

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

we're live, kinda, still pretty buggy but a nice alpha.

https://t.co/ak37BEJ9CD

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

just got banned on reddit

potential customers ghosted me

I barely get impressions on X

what works? 😭

[kushal chebiyam @kushcheb]

just got into Canopy @fdotinc

it's time to build