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What-if
Ek: Spotify would have died if it launched in the US first
“I can tell you definitively Spotify would not have been alive today had it not been that we Couldn't launch in the US as our first market, huh?”
Daniel Ek May 18, 2023 ▶ 36:00 Spotify CEO Daniel Ek · Acquired
What-if
Ek: I would never have founded Spotify if I knew the difficulty
“It's been a true sort of emotional rollercoaster, and it is true what you say, but like, for me, had you told me how hard this would have been, I would have never done it. I'm happy I went through it, but I would have never done it.”
Daniel Ek May 18, 2023 ▶ 38:04 Spotify CEO Daniel Ek · Acquired
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