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SERIES: Bringing Austin Music and Business Together – Matt Merritt

First in a series of interviews with Austin’s leading entrepreneurs, this series of articles will feature ideas, advice and recommendations from businesses outside the music industry. I believe this “cross pollination” will benefit both sides of the equation.

How’s your recession going?

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger As we wrap up a rough year (for everyone) and head into 2010 I’m looking back and realizing that 2009 was a pretty good year. Have I lost my mind? Am I smoking crack? Perhaps. But it depends on how you define “good”. 2009 has been a year of revelation for me and there’s a few things that stand out as highlights in my ongoing education about business, friends and life. For the record, I’m not one of those annoying “glass half full”, wake up cheerful, happy smappy types. Not that I’m a grouch, I just have a rather realistic view of life. Yeah, that’s the ticket. But the fact is, 2009 has renewed my faith in human kind in a big way.

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