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Episode Description
Monique Tyrer is an ecommerce strategist at INTERSPORT Australia, while concurrently exploring the intersection of music, technology, and rights management through her work as a DJ.
With a global career across Australia, Japan, Singapore and Manila, she brings deep commercial expertise to solving real-world problems in the creator economy.
Monique is also the co-host of the radio show House of Hers and is developing a startup that uses smart contracts and blockchain to better attribute and remunerate sound-based IP.
A passionate advocate for women in music, she’s on a mission to make creativity more inclusive, accessible, and fairly paid.
Monique was named one of the Top 50 in Ecommerce at the 2020 Retail Hack Games, where she helped craft innovative solutions to Covid-era retail challenges.
This interview covers a number of great topics, including:
- The major challenges in the music industry regarding Copyright, and the potential of blockchain and smart contracts to address this.
- The practical steps she followed to validate her business concept.
- Using agility as a superpower to overcome rapid market changes, and
- Why 30’s is the perfect age for startups.