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Founder of artist development company AmpliFly Entertainment Stephen Linn

5 joined the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s music-tech initiative— Project Music— as an adviser. Linn meets with entrepreneurs for weekly mentoring sessions on everything from acquiring rights to getting artists paid, and connects them with Project Music’s extensive adviser network, which includes Joe Galante, the former chairman of Sony Music Nashville. Linn also sits on advisory boards for half a dozen startups, among them EyeBuy, which lets you buy stuff seen in music videos and TV shows.