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19 quotes by Daniel Ek

Daniel Ek Born (1983-02-21) 21 February 1983 (age 31) Sweden Nationality Swedish Occupation CEO and Founder, Spotify Net worth US$ 400 million Daniel Ek (born 21 February 1983) is a Swedish entrepreneur and a technologist who started the music streaming service Spotify and previous CEO of µTorrent, a popular BitTorrent client. He founded his first company in 1997 at the age of 14. His ventures have included the founding of Advertigo,...
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I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.

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I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.

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I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but... →

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There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the... →

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Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.

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At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.

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At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.

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I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.

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In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.

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People just want to have access to all of the world's music.

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The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'

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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.

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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it.... →

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