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  1. 20VC with Harry Stebbings1h 28m

    Spotify CTO Gustav Söderström: TikTok's Music; How Olivia Rodrigo Gamed the Algo | 20VC #936

    Gustav Söderström, Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Stebbings

    Spotify Chief Product Officer Gustav Söderström outlines the company's strategic pivot from desktop to mobile, detailing how overcoming music label resistance to a free mobile tier unlocked exponential growth despite temporary churn risks. He describes a leadership philosophy grounded in rigorous Socratic debate and counter-positioning, where Spotify capitalized on YouTube's inability to support background audio to secure a dominant market share. Looking forward, Söderström predicts the convergence of audio and social networking will create a massive new addressable market driven by algorithmic recommendation media rather than user curation.