Spotify-Europachef Michael Krause (#687)

Es muss schon viel passieren, damit sich Meta-Chef Mark Zuckerberg persönlich einschaltet in die Talent-Akquise: Peter Steinberger war so ein Fall. Mit seinem KI-Agenten-Projekt Openclaw hat er in kürzester Zeit einen regelrechten Hype ausgelöst – und das Interesse der großen Tec ...  Show more

Umsätze auf knapp 300 Millionen Euro verdoppelt, Millionen-Transfers über die Bühne gebracht – und ganz nebenbei ein Bündnis der ewigen Konkurrenten Mercedes und Porsche geschmiedet: Alexander Wehrle hat den VfB Stuttgart in atemberaubender Geschwindigkeit umgekrempelt. In nur vi ...  Show more

We sit down with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek live in Stockholm at Spotify’s amazing HQ studio (check out the video version of this episode — which plays natively on Spotify!). This was an incredibly special and timely conversation: for those who haven’t been paying attention over the p ...  Show more

90% of podcasts struggle with audience growth due to the lack of clear distribution mechanisms and inadequate analytics. Kipp and Kieran are joined by Steph Smith (Podcast Host at a16z) to dive into the 6 content principles that will grow any business’ audience through the lens o ...  Show more

Audio streaming juggernaut Spotify laid off 17% of its workforce today after a large uptick in users and its first profitable quarter since 2021. What are constant layoffs like this doing to the psyche of workers? Plus: KISS lives on as the first US digital avatar band and Alaska ...  Show more

Spotify, a company worth $23 billion, has come out on top of the streaming wars, and yet it’s never made a profit. Daniel Cohen joins Malin to discuss the history of the platform and how it's changed the way music is made and listened to, and the strangeness of streaming culture, ...  Show more