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b'How to go from the Swedish housing projects to billionaire CEO of Spotify.\\nIn this new episode Steven sits down with the co-founder and CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek.\\nDaniel Ek is a Swedish entrepreneur who started his first company in 1997 at just 14 years old. He eventually dropped out of college and founded the online marketing firm, Advertigo, which he sold in 2006 to the Swedish company Tradedoubler at 23 years old. Coming out of early retirement, Daniel founded Spotify alongside Martin Lorentzon in 2006.\\n\\nIn this conversation Daniel and Steven discuss topics, such as:\\n\\nHis childhood in a single parent household\\n\\nThe importance of his mother in his success\\n\\nGrowing up in the Swedish projects\\n\\nComing from a musical family\\n\\nOvercoming being an introvert\\n\\nHis ability to adapt to changing situations\\n\\nNot fitting in when he was growing up\\n\\nHow his difference helped in his later success\\n\\nStarting his first company while at school\\n\\nHow people worry more about failing then succeeding\\n\\nWhy effort can\\u2019t always beat talent\\n\\nPeople not understanding what it\\u2019s actually like to be a billionaire\\n\\nHow spare time is now his most important currency\\n\\nWhy the idea of success through University is outdated\\n\\nWhat football taught him about business\\n\\nRetiring at 23 years old\\n\\nWhy he found being rich and successful depressing\\n\\nHow the idea of \\u2018why-not\\u2019 helped to create Spotify\\n\\nRealising that he had approached his career in the wrong way\\n\\nHow Spotify nearly collapsed 4 times\\n\\nThe importance of culture in organisations\\n\\nWhy you should take the risk of betting on yourself\\n\\n\\nFollow Daniel:\\nTwitter: https://bit.ly/465g8WM\\n\\nFollow me:\\n\\ufeffhttps://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'