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David Rosenthal: recommendation

10 Feb 2022 Acquired Peloton

“We should revisit Spotify at some point because when we covered their direct listing, which he architected, Barry modernized the direct listing and everything that's happening now.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
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Verified speaker
Claim type
recommendation
Recorded
10 Feb 2022
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Peloton

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…We should say, TCV stands for Technology Crossover Ventures, which well it seems like everyone is doing this now investing in both private and public companies, this was a unique enough strategy when they were formed that they named themselves after it. That says a lot about how long TCV has been doing that. He joins them as a venture partner. I don't know if he was thinking that he was just going to be on boards and be an advisor for the rest of his career, but in 2014, he joined the Spotify board. He's sort of taken by both the Spotify business, Daniel Eck, and the opportunity ahead, and they need someone like him to really come and transform that business. We should revisit Spotify at some point because when we covered their direct listing, which he architected, Barry modernized the direct listing and everything that's happening now. Yes, taking a page out of Ben and Jerry's playbook.…

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