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Weitzman: AirPods made more revenue than Spotify and audio competitors combined
“And by the way, AirPods made more money Then Spotify and almost every other audio company put together every single year for the last seven years.”
Founders Fund sold Spotify at $8B to double down on Airbnb
“It was Peter and Brian Zingerman and Napoleon that took what did they take? I think they sold Spotify at the eight billion dollar price, pissed off, what's his name? Daniel. Daniel Ek, and rolled it all into Airbnb at the two and a half billion.”
Elad Gil: Spotify invented direct listings to bypass private equity terms
“I think even Spotify, I think, invested the direct listing to get around some structure that a PE firm went in around an IPO, and that's why they didn't do an IPO. They invented direct listings to get around a structure, as far as I know.”