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Spotify is going public πŸ€‘

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Spotify is going public πŸ€‘

Spotify is going public today in an unusual way. Instead of using a bank, they're IPOing with an uncommon funding mechanism: a direct listing. Shareholders and employees will be able to sell their equity, but Spotify isn't actually raising any new funding by issuing new shares.

Quick facts about the IPO:
  • Unlike most other executive teams, Spotify's co-founders will retain 80% of the voting power. πŸ‘€
  • The mega-unicorn will trade as $SPOT.
  • In the last three months of 2017, Spotify lost $7.9M every day.

The Product Hunt community loves Spotify, with dozens of integrated apps and tools to enhance your music-listening experience:

πŸ‘‚ Listen lets you add songs to Spotify playlists with your keyboard.
πŸ“» JQBX is like turntable.fm (RIP).
πŸ”ˆ Pacemaker+ makes it easy to DJ (it’s truly amazing).
πŸ€” Forgotify finds the poor songs that have never been played.
πŸ—“οΈ Your 2017 Wrapped curates your favorite songs from last year.
πŸ“Š Spotify.me builds beautiful analytics about your listening habits.
πŸ–₯️ Skip Tunes lets you control Spotify from your menubar.
🎀 Find Your Best Festival finds your next favorite music festivals based on your listening history.

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