Sam Tarantino

At his core, Sam is a passionate musician who in 2006 founded the streaming music service Grooveshark as a freshman in college. For the next ten years, Sam pioneered the streaming space by introducing several innovations that today are the standard in music streaming. At its height, Grooveshark grew to 35M users, 140 employees, and over $60M in cumulative revenue, reaching profitability despite battling major lawsuits and growing throughout the 2008 economic crash. 

After nine years working on Grooveshark, the company settled the pending lawsuits against it by agreeing to close in early 2015, so Sam could focus on a new radio startup called Chromatic FM, and now the blockchain startup called Auguron Systems. 

A Forbes 30-under-30 entrepreneur, Sam has a decade of experience building teams, raising angel, venture and debt capital, along with financial modeling, international business development, product development and social marketing. Sam is a sought after speaker at various tech and music events, such as keynoting the Forbes Under 30 Summit, mentoring entrepreneurs, and lecturing on entrepreneurship locally. 

An avid skier, hiker and expecting father, Sam loves to spend time outdoors as a muse for creative endeavors in music & business.