Small Biz

Elliott Breece, Joshua Boltuch, Elias Roman

Amie Street
www.amiestreet.com
Long Island City, N.Y.
Ages: All 23

Then:
Brown University graduates Breece, Boltuch, and Roman had just launched their music downloading site Amie Street last October. By the time they were nominated by BusinessWeek readers they had already lured some 6,000 users who could download and recommend some 30,000 tracks to each other.

Now:
The trio closed a Series A round of financing in April led by online retailer Amazon (AMZN). That's helped them move into a New York office, hire a staff of 10, improve the site's look, and increase its offerings to hundreds of thousands of songs, says Boltuch. Amie Street has also partnered with sponsors to host live music events: Last week chewing gum maker Wrigley's (WWY) sponsored a New York show headlined by independent Norwegian band Datarock.