May 17, 2023 / 01:30PM GMT
Laura Martin - Needham & Company, LLC - Analyst
(technical difficulty) CEO and Chairman of LiveOne, driving the company's overall strategy and leading both the LiveOne and Slacker business units. Rob developed the concept for LiveOne and founded the company in 2015, raising the initial capital and negotiating festival and distribution rights.
Questions and Answers:
Laura Martin - Needham & Company, LLC - AnalystSo Rob, one of the questions I'm starting with all the people I'm interviewing today is on leadership. And my question is, when you think about your past, can you give us an example of one event in your past that turned you into the leader you are today?
Rob Ellin - LiveOne, Inc. - Chairman & CEO
Yeah. Thank you. Perfect question for this environment. As you know, previously, I started Digital Turbine. And when I started Digital Turbine, very similar to this, we had a fast-growing growth company.
And in 2008, we dropped from $500 million in value to $40 million, from -- literally,