I first came across Soundwave in April 2013 through my wife who said these Irish guys had just released a really cool music app. Soundwave was later reviwed in an article in the Irish Times where it was described as a music discovery app with the challenge of turning the buzz into revenue.
As a music lover I felt like an abandoned child when iTunes removed the Genius suggestions sidebar with the release of version 11 but all of the sudden there it was, a new way to discover tracks, bands, anything. All you had to do was to draw an circle around your location et voila, a rake of random songs you might have otherwise never heard of. I signed up for the beta release and despite of not having a huge footprint due to the limited number of users, I loved it instantly. Furthermore, I could see the potential to extrapolate the concept to other fields. That's when I had my eureka moment but obviously, like a tool, I didn't know what to do with it.
In my twitter feed Russell Banks, formely of Conker now CEO of Pirate Dashboard simply put it: "Apply to Wayra". Utterly ridiculous! I wasn't ready then and even at this point in time I'm still in the discovery stages of a start up but he had a point, unless you do something about your great idea, it'll never add up to anything more than a conversation starter on a night out with your mates: "Hey guys, once I had a great idea." "Yeah, right. Your round"
The next bus came along completely by accident as a result of a couple of pints a few days later.
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