The Smartest People In The Room®
Andrew Batey and Samantha Saturn
Andrew Batey is the Founder and Co-CEO of Beatdapp, a fast growing company focused on helping the music industry eliminate streaming fraud and ensure fair compensation for artists globally. Among numerous other amazing things he's done, he is the founder of the venture capital firm, Side Door Ventures, deploying capital into 150+ companies with over $9 Billion dollars of enterprise value. He knows how to spot value and how to create successful companies therein.
Samantha Saturn is the CMO of SESAC Music Group, a portfolio of 9 distinct businesses spanning the music rights management universe. In addition to her 25+ years in the music industry, she is also heavily involved in other artistic ventures including the owner and curator of the American Artisan Festival. And like Andrew above, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the many cool projects she touches.
The Smartest People In The Room® is a series of one-on-one conversations between music industry executives and personalities hosted by Tom Truitt, Managing Director of the Music & Live Entertainment practice. These hour long conversations draw an audience of hundreds and feature every type of global music industry executive, including agents, managers, attorneys, business managers, promoters, publishers, working musicians, songwriters. The audience is global, with strong concentration in music business centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Austin and more.
