HitRecord Targets Everyday Creative People Rather Than Industry Hopefuls
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor and founder of HitRecord, discusses the platform's target demographic and market positioning with 20VC host Harry Stebbings.
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“Our target with HitRecord is not people who are trying to break into the creative industry or people who are aspiring to, it's really not that. It's any, Human being with the urge to be creative, which I think is in many ways, any and all human beings.”
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