[Original article via [Sonicbids Blog]( http://blog.sonicbids.com/5-practices-all-musicians-should-borrow-from-these-startup-founders "target="_blank)] You've all heard of startups, right? They're kind of everywhere right now; from Uber to [PledgeMusic]( http://blog.sonicbids.com/9-proven-direct-to-fan-strategies-from-the-pledgemusic-team "target="_blank) to Dropbox to [Audiokite](http://www.audiokite.com/ "target="_blank), startups touch our lives in