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VV Show #54 - Tim Westergren of Pandora

VV Show #54 - Tim Westergren of Pandora

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DATE : Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:05:41 -0500
Entered in Database : 2009-03-09 20:05:41
length : 13179212
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It takes only a few seconds to customize a radio station on Pandora. Its founder Tim Westergren has been struggling for almost a decade to make it that way. Pandora was five years in the making before it streamed a single song to a user. For over two of those years the company was completely broke. While Tim convinced employees to defer over $1 million in salaries, Pandora underwent several changes in name, product and revenue models. Now Pandora is a leading online radio destination that’s starting to bring in sizable ad revenue. Tim is still battling with the record industry for its survival.

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