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

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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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The Almanack of Naval

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.

  continue reading

9 episodes

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Manage episode 512809103 series 3663162
Content provided by Wouter Teunissen. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Wouter Teunissen or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

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.

Follow me on Twitter

Read the newsletter

The Almanack of Naval

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.

  continue reading

9 episodes

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