Milun Tesovic
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| Milun Tesovic | |
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| Born | August 6, 1985 Bosnia |
| Occupation | Founder, MetroLyrics.com; Co-founder MetroLeap Media Inc., Investor |
Milun Tesovic (born August 6, 1985) is a Canadian computer programmer and entrepreneur. At age 16, Milun created the online music website Metrolyrics which years later was sold to CBS. MetroLyrics was ranked the largest lyric website with more than 50 million unique visitors every month. Since then Milun invested in numerous companies both online and offline across North America. In 2002, partner Alan Juristovski joined Milun to incorporate MetroLeap Media Inc., where Milun serves as CTO. Milun finished his schooling at Simon Fraser University studying Business and Entrepreneurship.
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[edit] Early life
Tesovic escaped the ethnic cleansing wars of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Milun and his family - father Miodrag, mother Rada and sister Ana - had to split up, with Miodrag having to stay in Bosnia while Milun went to Serbia to stay with an aunt and his mother and sister having to go to Montenegro. "My dad was a medic and a pharmacist, so he couldn't leave," said Milun. "I saw my mom and my sister every two weeks, but it was hard being away from my family."
The family reunited in 1995 when they emigrated to Canada. Few years after coming to Canada Milun's passion for technology led him to start developing and creating small websites in hopes to influence the masses. [1]
[edit] Schooling
Milun finished his degree at Simon Fraser University completing his Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship.[2]
[edit] How Metrolyrics Started
Milun tells the story of how MetroLeap Media Inc. was formed:
"When I was 15, I knew that after I got my driver's license, I wanted a decent-looking car," he said. "I had my own hosting company (on the Internet), and then I started analyzing where a lot of people go on the web. There were a lot of places where music and video games were available, but what I saw was music lyrics wasn't that well represented.
"So I made a quick script with my own code and started a database of music lyrics. ... It cost $9 a month to buy up the domain."[3]
[edit] Licensing Lyrics
In April 2008 a deal was signed with Gracenote to license their database of song lyrics, making MetroLyrics the first lyrics dedicated website to offer a fully licensed, legal database. Under this licensing agreement, artists and publishers are provided compensation every time their work is viewed on MetroLyrics.
[edit] Traffic Details
Metrolyrics receives over 50 million visitors monthly.[4]
[edit] Honors and awards
- Billboard Top 30 Under 30 [5]
- Earnst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Runner Up
- Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champion, proudly presented by CIBC and operated by national charitable organization ACE (BC)
- Student Entrepreneur Regional Champion, proudly presented by CIBC and operated by national charitable organization ACE (Western Canada)
- Student Entrepreneur National Champion, proudly presented by CIBC and operated by national charitable organization ACE (Canada) [6]
- Billboard Top 30 Under 30 [7]
- Winner of the 2009 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in Kansas City [8]
Dean Gagnon, CityMax Chief Evangelist and President and one of the judges who selected Tesovic as the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards winner, explained why Tesovic was a cut above the field: “From the initial business concept to becoming a real player in the business, Milun’s company has skyrocketed in just 3 years to become a global leader in the industry. His maturity and vision left the entire judging panel awestruck and shows that entrepreneurs can succeed at any age.”[citation needed]
[edit] About MetroLeap Media, Inc.
MetroLeap Media Inc. is a leading provider of music and entertainment content. Its flagship product, MetroLyrics.com, is the first lyrics-dedicated site to provide users with the largest database of licensed, complete and accurate song lyrics through its partnership with Gracenote. MetroLyrics has become the most trafficked lyrics site worldwide reaching more than 50 million unique monthly visitors, 125 million+ monthly page views, and is currently the 3rd largest music property in the world.[9]
[edit] External links
- http://www.acecanada.ca/news/newsItem.cfm?cms_news_id=346
- http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/news/milun-tesovic-music-mogul/
- http://www.teenbusinessforum.com/interviews/milun-tesovic-on-how-metrolyrics-gets-48-million-unique-visitors-per-month-interivew
[edit] References
- ^ "Burnaby Now Lyrics Biz In the Money". http://www.canada.com/burnabynow/news/story.html?id=a03a987a-091b-4339-83d0-2704378e5d1b&k=54609&p=1.
- ^ "Internet Tycoon Pursues SFU Degree". http://business.sfu.ca/news/post.php?id=395.
- ^ "Burnaby Now Newspaper Article". http://www.canada.com/burnabynow/news/story.html?id=a03a987a-091b-4339-83d0-2704378e5d1b&k=54609&p=1.
- ^ "About MetroLeap Media Inc.". http://metroleap.com/about.php.
- ^ "Billboard's Top 30 Under 30". http://illroots.com/2009/08/24/billboards-30-under-30-for-2009/.
- ^ "SFU's Milun Tesovic named world's top student entrepreneur". http://www.sfu.ca/archive-pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archives/media_11200902.html.
- ^ "Vancouver Entrepreneur Named To Billboard's Top 30 Under 30". http://www.techvibes.com/blog/vancouver-entrepreneur-named-to-billboards-top-30-under-30.
- ^ "Milun Tesovic named #1 in world at Global Student Entrepreneur Awards". http://metroleap.com/news.php?id=8.
- ^ "About MetroLeap Media Inc.". http://metroleap.com/about.php.
