Spotify: Rewriting the Lyrics on IPOs

Spotify is providing a new blueprint on how technology companies can go public by eschewing the traditional IPO model.
Spotify: Rewriting the Lyrics on IPOs
Daniel Ek, CEO and founder of Spotify, in New York on May 20, 2015. Andrew Burton/Getty Images
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In 2008, Spotify revolutionized the music industry by introducing music streaming to the masses and forever changing the industry business model.
Ten years later, in 2018, the Stockholm, Sweden-based company is providing a new blueprint for how technology companies can go public, by eschewing the traditional IPO.
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Fan Yu is an expert in finance and economics and has contributed analyses on China's economy since 2015.
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