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Nathan Chandra aka Nate Shines is a musician turned technology entrepreneur.

Today Nathan Chandra is the founder and CEO of RYSE, a rapper, DJ, artist, and public speaker. Nathan has shared international stages at major events with the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk, Steve Wozniak, Naval Ravikant, Common, Nassim Nicholas, Brock Pierce, Michael Terpin, Crystal Rose and many others. His entrepreneurial journey started in high school when he found himself deep in the music industry working with Sony recording artist Jon B on his first two studio releases which sold over 2M copies. In between touring, college, and producing live shows Nathan started a record label and he has been featured on albums alongside 2Pac, Will.i.AM, Babyface and others. Not shy of hard work and continuous learning Nathan earned an MBA from Pepperdine University and then dove into the world of Silicon Valley startups where he co-founded a social data company, WeLink. After his success in Silicon Valley, Nathan moved back to Los Angeles and co-founded an influencer marketing technology called Buttrfly and now Nathan sits on the board of said organization. Currently, Nathan is focussed on building RYSE which is a video messaging and music mobile app that has been featured numerous times by the Apple App Store. He resides in West Hollywood where he is on a quest to use his experience in business, entertainment, and technology to drive success.