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How Tim Westergren Went From $400k in Debt to the Founder of a Public Company - Hustle Con 2015

Name: How Tim Westergren Went From $400k in Debt to the Founder of a Public Company - Hustle Con 2015
Uploaded: 2015-05-13
Duration: 27 min 45 s
Description: Tim Westergren explains how he went from $400k in debt to founding Pandora, including building the Music Genome, surviving the dotcom crash, launching Pandora radio, and persuading 50 employees to work unpaid for two years. The description cites 81M monthly users, $900M a year in revenue, and 1,500 employees.

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Tim Westergren explains how he went from $400k in debt to founding Pandora, including building the Music Genome, surviving the dotcom crash, launching Pandora radio, and persuading 50 employees to work unpaid for two years. The description cites 81M monthly users, $900M a year in revenue, and 1,500 employees.

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Tim Westergren explains how he went from $400K in debt to founding Pandora — building the Music Genome, surviving the dotcom crash, persuading 50 employees to work unpaid for two years, ending at 81M users and $900M/year.