Senior Full Stack Engineer, Shotgun

Competing against larger players such as Dice and Resident Advisor, Shotgun stands out with its laser focus on the 18-25 year old event-going market. Catering to a crowd used to on-demand music services with expectations of lower costs and more exciting shows (research shows younger event-goers are far more likely to leave early if they're unhappy), Shotgun has invested heavily in social features and its mobile app experience to keep fans engaged.

It's seen great success too, with over 8M users on its app and tens of thousands of organisers worldwide. As other ticketing services struggle to capture the younger party crowd, Shotgun has captured an early lead in this space that it should be able to continue to build on.