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"It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world."
"Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood."
"You have got to be willing to be poor as an entrepreneur."
"It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren't working on."
"The transition strategies are more important than understanding what the outcome state will be."
"I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact."
"Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those"
"A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars."
"Look: There's good creepy and there's bad creepy. Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity."
"Spotify is returning a huge amount of money. We'll overtake iTunes in terms of what we bring to the record industry in under two years."
"At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups."
"Ever since Napster I've dreamt of building a product similar to Spotify."
"I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting."
"Little startups are ridiculously overfunded."
"You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside."
"You want people using your product because it's a part of your life, then they can't stop using it."
"Facebook isn't helping you make new connections, Facebook doesn't develop new relationships, Facebook is just trying to be the most accurate model of your social graph. There's a part of me that feels somewhat bored by all of this."
"There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists [about the compensation they get from streaming services] Spotify is returning a HUGE amount of money [to the record labels]. If we continue growing at our current rate in terms of subscriptions and downloads, we'll overtake iTunes in terms of contributions to the recorded music business in under two years."
"I focus on things that are the highest value and do them perfectly."
"I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real."