Daytona's CEO built a $1B brand with a trick from the music industry.
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Daytona's CEO built a $1B brand with a trick from the music industry. New artists launch on a featured track with a bigger one. The bigger name's fans come along. Ivan Burazin, CEO of Daytona, did the same with meetups. Nobody knew Daytona, so he put better-known founders on stage, like the founders of Neon and Browserbase. People came for them. Daytona hosted. The clout rubbed off on the host. His wider point: 1. Everyone in Silicon Valley reads the same Elon and Jobs books 2. Few study how musicians, athletes and video game studios built their careers 3. The patterns transfer across fiel
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