The entrepreneur who inspires me is Daniel Ek.
He is the founder of Spotify Music platform.
The company was founded in Stockholm by Daniel Ek,
former Chief Technology Officer of Stardoll, and Martin
Lorentzon, co-founder of TradeDoubler. The company is
headquartered in London and its research and
development center is in Stockholm. Spotify was made
available to everyone on October 7, 2008.
So what is Spotify?
It is an application that you can download for free, listen to the music you want for free, and create
playlists of your favorite music.
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His journey, characteristics and situations that led him to become an entrepreneur:
Daniel has always been interested in technology since he was a child. He even founded and sold a website
when he was 13 years old. Daniel, who is more on website design, later applied for a job at Google and got
a rejection. Despite this, he never gave up. As a result of this, he managed to become one of the names
that became a millionaire at a young age with his technological works. One of the biggest things Daniel did
was founding Spotify with his partner Martin Lorentzon. Explaining that they lost money because it was a
completely free application when it was first established, Daniel was now a billionaire when he made the
application paid. One of my favorite features is that you can create a joint playlist with your friend on your
watch list. While there are many music streaming apps, it is no small feat that Spotify can beat them and
reach millions.
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What I learned from his story ?
A young and successful entrepreneur who radically changed our music listening habits. Throughout his life,
he has not been afraid to do things that might be seen as "irrational" by others. Many times he considered
giving up, but each time his funding partner blocked it. Because the idea father of this platform is Daniel
EK. The idea is also an invention. Its infrastructure is ready, it can be developed, and financial resources are
needed for sustainability. I realized that he never gave up on his passions, that he was excited for new
things, that he was motivated by change, not money.
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How this entrepreneur inspires me?
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Exellence for
the Future
BALKAN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Instructor
Prepared by
Marija Stanojeska, PhD Murat GENÇ, S.ID : 1002709
Asst. Diellza Bilalli
Department of ARCHITECTURE
2021-2022 year
Spring Semester
Entrepreneurship
03.03.2022
I've been designing for years. I am 43 years old. I am also the owner and partner of a private construction
company. I believe listening to music often helps with the quality output of my design product and my
focus is on not spoiling my work by spotify and others. Because a designer needs inspiration. I think one of
them is music. It is a platform where I can create lists where I can access all kinds of music instantly. The
music I listen to echoes on the walls of the space I designed and I continue to work as if I lived there. So
when my design is finished and I can present it to the client in a positive mood. Actually, I start every
Monday by listening to the spotify weekly music newsletter. This can keep me motivated throughout the
week. Because it also blocks Mondays from the traditional syndrome mode.