S5 E5: Kirt Debique, SyncFloor

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🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Kirt Debique is originally from Trinidad, off the coast of Venezuela. He came to the states to study computer engineering, at the University of Miami. On the way to attending grad school at Stanford, he did an internship at Microsoft. After being offered a full time job there, he took it - and subsequently, never made it to Stanford. He started out in a role on the OS team, but after spending 20 years at the company, he did many types of roles, including general manager over several different divisions. He loves to play soccer, and dabbles in chess. Above all, he loves his first born son, who recently celebrated his first birthday. He and his wife are enjoying the spoils of parenthood. Also, and to know surprise given his most recent ventures, he loves music - listening to music, making music, and helping artists. When he left Microsoft, he found himself deeply involved with people in the music community in Seattle. He had seen the independent scene go through much disruption, and decided to help artists by starting a label. Through the label, he saw the gaps in the music industry, and set out to try and fill those gaps. This in the creation story of SyncFloor. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	One of the ways we were looking at was, you know, sync licensing, which is the license you have to get if you want to include music in some kind of audiovisual production in particular, like a film or TV show or an ad.
0:11.6	You know, when we were looking at doing that thing, we were represented by a couple different entities, and we were looking at this process.
0:16.8	And the process, really, we saw, was difficult for both sides, right?
0:20.8	So it's difficult for independence of all kinds to find access to opportunity.
0:26.6	It's really difficult to figure out, like, who's looking for what.
0:30.6	You as any individual entity don't necessarily have the gravitational force to have people find you individually.
0:36.6	My name is Kurt De Beek, and I'm the CEO, CTO, and co-finite. the gravitational force to have people find you individually.
0:42.6	My name is Kurt Debeek, and I'm the CEO, CTO, and co-founder of Syncflore.
0:57.3	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead a team that has your back.
1:02.3	I'm your host, Noah LabPart, and today how Kurt DeBeek created a platform,
1:07.8	nay, the corpus of commercial independent music.
1:13.7	All this and more on Code Story.
1:21.6	Kurt De Beek is originally from Trinidad off the coast of Venezuela.
1:26.1	He came to the states to study computer engineering at the
1:28.6	University of Miami. On the way to attending grad school at Stanford, he did an internship at Microsoft,
1:34.5	and after being offered a full-time job there, he took it, and subsequently never made it to
1:39.8	Stanford. He started out in a role on the OS team, but after spending 20 years at the company,
1:45.7	he did many types of roles, including general manager over several different divisions. He loves
1:51.7	to play soccer and dabbles in chess. Above all, he loves his firstborn son, who recently
1:56.5	celebrated his first birthday. Also, and to no surprise, given his most recent venture, he loves music,
2:02.6	listening to music, making music, and helping artists. When he left Microsoft, he found himself
2:08.8	deeply involved with the people in the music community in Seattle. He had seen the independent
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