Mark Chasan
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| Born | Mark Stephen Chasan Los Angeles, California, US |
| 🏫 Education | Western State Univ. (LLB, JD) |
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| Known for | Founding the first music streaming and digital music distribution company |
| Title | eMusic (founder) |
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Mark Chasan is an American entrepreneur and lawyer known for founding eMusic, the first digital media streaming and distribution service,[1] and Webcentral, one of the first cloud hosting companies.[2] Chasan currently is the CEO of Transformative,[3] an eco-social consulting firm, and AWE Global, a sustainable development company.[4] Chasan has pioneered new financial models and process for liquidity and value creation utilizing a private-to-public strategy.[5]
Early life and education[edit]
Mark Chasan was born in Los Angeles, California as the first of three sons[6] to Roslyn and Fred Chasan[7] He started playing music at age 10, studying drums, percussion, and piano[8] and later became professionally known as Guruvie[9] for his music and compositions.[10]
He graduated with both Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor degrees[11] in 1985 from Western State University's College of Law and became a lawyer,[12] opening his practice in Los Angeles.
Business career[edit]
In 1995, Chasan founded eMusic in Marina del Ray, California,[13] which aimed to create a new market sector for digital media sales. Chasan pioneered new technology allowing for digital audio clips, album art, and user reviews to be posted to the website.[14] The service quickly gained adoption and eclipsed 100,000 titles and features.[14] Later that year, Billboard magazine featured Chasan and eMusic alongside Ticketmaster as the top ten digital media retailers.[14]
In the next year, Chasan and his team invented new technology to address the early limitations with digital media streaming, aimed at reducing download times and increasing the sound quality,[15] while still keeping affordable prices for consumers.[16] Additional server bandwidth was needed beyond what was commercially available at the time, leading Chasan to found Webcentral,[17] one of the first cloud co-hosting, and co-location data center companies.[2] Webcentral grew to power the websites of Caltrans, Re/Max, AudioNet/Broadcast.com[18] and in 1997 Chasan sold Webcentral to Interworld Communications.[19]
In 1998, Chasan partnered with Nordic Entertainment to increase the catalogue available to eMusic customers.[8] In 1998, eMusic and its affiliates including music label Nordic Entertainment[20] and logistics business Creative Fulfillment merged with Goodnoise[1] forming a new company which continued to be known as eMusic.[21] The combined company went public on Nasdaq in 1999 using the eMusic name.[22]
After eMusic went public and Webcentral was acquired, Chasan became a professional angel investor[23] and later led IBM's digital media consulting division.[24] He then co-founded Publex Ventures,[25] a technology venture capital firm which specialized in accelerating the growth of early-stage companies with IPOs and PIPEs.[5] After exiting Publex, Chasan founded Transformative in 2005, a consulting company focused on eco-social impact businesses,[3] and in 2010 AWE Global, a development company for sustainable and regenerative communities.[26]
In 2022, Chasan published Living in AWE, which was featured on Amazon’s new top selling books lists in environmental economics[27] on Amazon.[28] Additionally, he has written on a variety of environmental, social, and corporate governance subjects in sources such as HuffPost[29] and Planetary Experts[30] and spoken at conferences such as BETOS,[31] Clean Tech Innovation & Growth,[32] and Sustainatopia.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Form 10SB12G/A: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 1998-12-24. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Form S-1/A: eMusic.com Inc". www.incjournal.com. 1999-08-09. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mark Chasan named as Innevation Center Member of November 2021". University of Nevada, Reno. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Speakers – Sustainatopia Inaugural Conference Speakers". Sustainatopia. Nov 15, 2009. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Publex Ventures Debuts Unique Fund Leveraging Public and Private Equity | Market Wire | Find Articles at BNET". 2011-05-21. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2018-12-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Haute to Trot, Opening Day". Rancho Santa Fe Review. July 18, 2013. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ↑ "Families on Via Fortuna". Hollywood Riviera Tribune – Palos Verdes News – Rolling Hills Herald. July 19, 1962. pp. Page 6. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Profiles of Successful Internet Businesses: Music to their Ears: Virtual CD Stores". Business Town. 2008-04-15. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2023-03-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Guruvie Reg. 3244478, Serial. 78895320". United States Patent & Trademark Office. 2006-05-30. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ↑ Chasan, Mark, Guruvie: Live My Life, MC2, retrieved 2023-03-24
- ↑ "Mark Stephen Chasan". Justia. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ "Mark Stephen Chasan #117813 - Attorney Search". members.calbar.ca.gov. The State Bar of California. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ Gillen, Marilyn (1995-07-22). "Online Merchant Dials SoundScan". Billboard. p. 58.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Gillen, Marilyn (1995-08-19). "Selling Online: Some Cyber-Shoppers Are Already Trying And Buying In Wall-less Apps" (PDF). Billboard. p. 68.
- ↑ Lieb, Kristin (1998-06-01). "Online Retailers Incorporate New Technologies Sites Upgrading For Better Customer Service, Ease Of Use". Billboard. p. 78.
- ↑ Lieb, Kristin (1996-05-25). "Bargain Finder Generates Some Heat". Billboard.
- ↑ "WEBCENTRAL Reg. 2080845, Serial. 75038240". United States Patent & Trademark Office. 1995-12-28. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ "Mark Chasan @ eMusic: The Lawyer Who Loved Music". Web Masters Podcast, Transistor.fm. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ Changes to Company Names. Morningstar, Inc. 2014-04.
- ↑ "GoodNoise to Buy 2 Online Music Sellers". Los Angeles Times. 1998-10-13. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ Reece, Doug. Online Label GoodNoise To Buy Two MP3 Firms, Billboard. 1998-10-24. p. 8.
- ↑ "Internet: The Web plays on". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ "Launch at Digital Hollywood". Digital Hollywood. 2007-10-06. Archived from the original on 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2023-03-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Interview: Colin Wallace, Publex Ventures – socaltech.com". www.socaltech.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ "Publex Ventures – Our Team". Publex Ventures. 2004-06-09. Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2023-03-19. Unknown parameter
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References for Mark Chasan regarding sustainable development projects:
- "Old Maui High's next assignment is to TEACH community | News, Sports, Jobs – Maui News". www.mauinews.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- Council Chamber Minutes – Economic Development, Energy, Agriculture, and Recreation Committee. County of Maui. Nov 15, 2016. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- Davis, Chelsea (Feb 14, 2017). "On Maui, development plans spur calls to keep 'country country'". Hawaii News Now, A Gray Media Group Station. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- "Redevelopment of Old Maui High School". mauinews.com. Feb 16, 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- "More work with public promised for Old Maui High". mauinews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- "Alexander and Baldwin quietly sells 339 acres of Paia cane land to mainland businessman". mauitime.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ "Amazon.com New Releases: The best-selling new & future releases in Environmental Economics". Amazon. 2022-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Living in AWE - Abundance - Wellness -Empowerment: Creating a Thriving World from the Inside-Out, Ground-Up & Top-Down eBook : Chasan, Mark Stephen: Kindle Store". Amazon. 2022-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ↑ "Mark Chasan | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ "Evolving from the Industrial Age to the Regenerative Age – Planet Experts". Planet Experts. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ "Speakers – Proqis". rpalive.online. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ "Clean Tech Institute provides research, consulting services and advanced training for the clean & renewable energy industry". www.cleantechinstitute.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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