René Gribnitz

I'm really glad when my team at Spotify proves me wrong, like they did with "Discover Weekly." People often think founders have everything planned out from the start, but that's at least not true for me. A lot of times, I rely on feedback from our team, customers, and partners. And I change my mind often. My job is a bit of that of a curator or producer - I’m putting together pieces of a puzzle. When the team first pitched me "Discover Weekly," I wasn't sure about it. I didn't really get why it was special. But the team kept building on it and more and more people internally got excited. When we launched it, I was surprised. Turns out, our users really loved it, and today it's one of the top features on Spotify. One of the most underrated skills we have in our society is listening. So I’m sending this tweet out in the world as a reminder to myself to work on becoming an ever better listener.