Spotify Founder: “Spotify Was A Stupid Idea!” How A 23 Year Old Shy, Underdog, Introvert, Built A $31 Billion Business! - Daniel Ek

I'm an introvert. Not amazing academically. Didn't feel like I belonged anywhere. Average at best. And yeah, you created Spotify. Yeah. Daniel Pack. Spotify Founder NCUO. He's not only saved the music industry, he's created a$50 billion company, and he himself is worth more than$4 billion. I flunked high school and started on my first company and that later got acquired. I mean you retired at twenty three. Yeah. First month was fun, nightclubs, sports car, twenty to thirty girls throwing around money six months in, realized that this thing I thought I wanted I just didn't want at all. I was just empty.

Just think if am I ever gonna get out of this depression and what to do in life. What if you can work on something you actually care about? What would you pick? Music. The industry's going down the drain. I honestly did not think we would succeed, but if we succeed, I knew it was gonna be a big thing. Spotify is here a one stop shop for music. I read the journey to that success, had multiple near-death experiences. It was awful. Ran out of money. I lost all of the hair, gained thirty pounds, and the problem was I modeled myself on the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world that run every meeting and be the best product person and just wasn't me. Share the burden with someone. It is so important. We tend to believe the world's more logical than What it is, but it's based on relationships. Be the easiest person to deal with, and you'd be surprised how many problems it solves. One of those problems was Apple. What's your opinion on Apple?

What is the most important context that I need to know about you? To understand The man that sits in front of me today. When I asked about context, I want to go right back to

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