Dan McGrady has been on a roll with some great posts lately, and “7 Reasons Why My Social Music Site Never Took Off” really grabbed my attention yesterday.

Dan started Contrastream last summer. I liked the site a lot, as I think music discovery is a huge problem that is being approached in the wrong way by the major music sites/stores. The site was well put together and full of potential, but it just didn’t take off.

This is where, I believe, Dan is making the shift from being someone who cobbled together a website to being an entrepreneur. Instead of hiding the fact that Contrastream didn’t really take off, Dan is making a clean break, reflecting on what he learned and what he did wrong, and he is hitting the ground running with his next startup: IntegrateSales

Dan’s reasons his site never took off? Read his blog for his full analysis

• Design Perfection
• Underestimated the ?Cold Start? problem
• Market Size vs Business Model
• Bad launch
• Competition
• Motivation
• Co-founder
• Derivative Idea