#001 Daniel Ek: From the Projects to Scaling Spotify to $100 Billion+

This episode is about Daniel Ek and the lessons I have learned from studying his life and the creation of Spotify. If you want to learn how to apply leverage to your company and life, how to create a product so compelling you turn an entire industry around from losing billions, to new all time highs…. then I think you’ll enjoy this.

 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:00  Technology for Technology's sake.

07:04 Work backwards from the customer experience.

10:54 You must have an opinion on the future (even if it’s flexible)

12:25 If you have conviction. Self-Fund your project

16:27 Constraints = Growth 

18:41 Assistants hold the keys to the kingdom 

20:25 Partner up when necessary

22:38 Great ambition attracts great talent.

24:00 Running a great meeting, 

24:20 Leadership,  

25:57 Time (Energy) Management, 

27:52 Incentives and motivating people, 

28:40 Financial Engineering Genius

30:01 The power of showmanship.

32:09 What you should listen to next.