We're excited to tell you about the upcoming event that we'll be attending this week! SPR has been invited take part in Techmanity, a Silicon Valley Tech Conference held at the San Jose Convention Center. Coincidently, it happens to fall on October 1st, one year to the very day of my father's passing, which I find both ironic and amazing in itself. It also happens to be our first major conference since launching in 2013.
So what is Techmanity? Techmanity is about the up and coming technology that improves human creativity, productivity and the quality of life. SPR will be a part of the Startlandia Exhibit, which will be showcasing "the most dangerous and disruptive new start-ups."
So if you're in the San Jose area, feel free stop by and say hello to me and my co-founder. We'd love to meet you! We'll also be giving away SPR T-Shirts and SPR Credits as well. And as always, thank you for being a part of our SPR family. None of this would be happening without you.
After my initial thought about how I would create SPR, I began doing a lot of research on the history and future of technology in relation to the record industry. While surfing the web I stumbled across a Huffington Post article titled "You're Out: 20 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade." Lo and behold, smack dab in the middle of the list was number 10, the compact disk. The first thought that came to mind was wondering how artists were going to send their music to distributors once CDs, in fact, became obsolete. This only helped reaffirm my belief that artists needed a new approach to getting their music out to the masses.
Ultimately, the CD will become obsolete, but the smartphone, however, will last for generations to come. And while there are many factors that helped keep my vision for SPR alive, this article somehow seemed to reassure me that I was headed in the right direction. See you next week.
