Bloom & Tipzy

There are cose to 3 milllion apps available today – nearly 3
times as many as there were a decade ago – and they are designed
to do everything imaginable, whether it’s helping us buy a house,
track a hurricane, rent a car or remember to breathe. In other
words, there is nothing that cannot be digitized and commodified
with the right software and a creative entrepreneur.


One of the popular fields of app by numbers downloaded are apps
that marry the worlds of music and tech. You've no doubt heard of
Spotify and Pandora, but you are less likely to have heard of
music industry apps Tipzy and Bloom.


Brandon Harris is founder and CEO of Bloom, a booking app that
bills itself as an Airbnb for the music industry by centralizing
the live event booking process. 


Users – principally performers and venues - communicate, schedule
and organize upcoming events, negotiate payment terms, and
execute transactions through the app. And they can use app to
discover each other.


Brandon also has another tech company,  Hareseca, that is
focused on serving the space industry, specifically NASA, with
software and AI products.


Brandon is a native of Baton Rouge with a passion for space
exploration and music; seemingly diverse interests that inspire
his tech driven initiatives. 


Tenley Gorman is cofounder and Chief Operating Officer of Tipzy,
a Baton Rouge startup that also operates at the intersection of
music and tech.


Tipzy uses AI to curate the perfect playlist of background music
to set the desired vibe for bars and nightclubs. It’s a niche
service but an important one: music plays a key role in shaping a
bar’s bottom line and patrons' overall satisfaction and Tipzy
makes it easier for establishments to excel at both.


Tenley has firsthand experience in this area: she worked as a
bartender and also has a background in mathematics and data
science.


Out to Lunch was recorded live over lunch at Mansurs On the
Boulevard. You can find photos from this show by Ian Ledo
and Miranda Albarez at itsbatonrouge.la.


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