#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.   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.

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