# @sarahjane_foster on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpg5KtJ_60
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61701771-sarahjane-foster-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-14T21:16:58.000+00:00

## Caption

They told me “that’s not how the industry works.”

But I’d already watched too many talented artists burn out trying to “make it” in a system that never paid them back.

So I built something different. I pitched therawnetworkofficial in boardrooms, petrol stations, in the rain, holding a Supermac’s. Got ghosted. But I kept going until I got the seed funding 💪🏼

Because exposure doesn’t pay rent. Or keep the lights on.

This is for every musician who’s been underpaid, every creative who’s been undervalued, and every founder who felt they were going crazy in the midst of growing their business. 

You’re not.
You’re building something new.
And that matters.

#TheRawNetwork #MusicTech #StartUpJourney

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## Tags

therawnetwork, startupjourney, musictech

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