How do I start a record label and compete with the big boys?

start connecting. Meet young musicians and start your own little indie label / movement. Then put that on your resume and use nepotism to get a work internship at a major label. works every time

>>73217750
Start releasing your friend's records and hope they get popular

>>73217750
go the "independent record label" way.

find the closest synagogue

You can't

Major labels today hold a permanent throne in the music industry, more likely they'll just buy each other than a new major one appear