Beats
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Masters of Scale 
Top Founders 
the a16z Podcast 
TBPN 
20VC 
David Senra
2 statements about Beats, every show
Universal rejected funding Beats, allowing Iovine to build and own it
“When I first came up with the idea, I offered it to universal. I said, give me money for interscope and I will start businesses with your artist. And they said, no, So I threatened to leave. I said, because I'll stay if I can do it myself, and I'll do it along…”
Iovine conceived Beats to fill the premium headphone gap for Apple's iPod
“Where do you think beats came from? He had a shiny iPod. We had a shiny headphone. He made white earbuds. I made black. You know, I, I'm not original. I said, okay, this guy's got it. I'm just going to, what is he missing? Ah, he's missing good headphones. Oka…”