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. • 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. • 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. • How this entrepreneur inspires me? INTERNATIONAL 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.
