From Pop Star To Startup Boss: The Story of Stageit’s Evan Lowenstein

On the screen of his MacBook, Evan Lowenstein watches singer-songwriter Jason Manns strumming an acoustic guitar in his apartment, where the only audience member is a snoozing dog. Yet out in the ether, thousands of humans are tuning in–as you can see by the comments cascading down the right side of the screen and by the real donations clattering into a virtual tip jar. “That’s $100 right there. There’s another $20,” says Lowenstein, 38. Manns has already earned $1,800. “The cool thing is he’...