Daniel Ek – The Future of Audio - [Invest Like the Best, EP.147]
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Daniel Ek – The Future of Audio - [Invest Like the Best, EP.147]
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stitcher.comDaniel Ek (episode on Acquired podcast) on how constraints breed creativity:
“Constrained growth is a plus. It helped Spotify learn how to come out with a compelling product before it broke into US market. The geographic isolation also helped insulate Spotify’s culture and build something from first principles rather than osmosis from the existing
... See moreI find myself all the time without a great piece of content to consume. And the demand-supply thing just hasn't reached an equilibrium yet, maybe it never will. And audio is unique in the sense that it is at least 10 times easier to create an unbelievable hour of audio for me, and my format's interview, interviewing someone great like David. That e... See more
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Spotify is rolling up the internet audio market, which their CEO, Daniel Ek, thinks will grow from $100 billion in revenue a year to somewhere near the video market, which is $1 trillion. People spend about the same amount of time consuming audio as video content. “Are our eyes,” he asks, “really worth 10 times more than our ears?”
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