The Theme Park Guy


Sep 20

Spotify's Founder & the pre-Theme Park Guy Days

Sep 20, 2018


Here's a picture with two fantasmic Swedes from my pre-Theme Park Guy days back in 2003. I used to run affiliate.de, the German market's best-known affiliate marketing news platform at that time. Ulrika Ytterholm and Martin Lorentzon ran TradeDoubler, a Swedish affiliate network that was expanding into the German market.

I remember Martin having tremendous, insatiable, positive energy. He walked into the room like James Bond having just jumped off a chopper, equipped with impeccable communication skills and merciless curiosity. I recall wondering back then: what's this exceptionally energized guy's endgame?

And not to my surprise, he ventured on to create something we all know and use today… Spotify. Which made him a billionaire.

The entrepreneurs' world out there is fair. Yes, there are some folks who don't understand give-and-take, who enrich themselves at the expense of their clients or screw over business partners with rotten contracts and insolvencies. But I strongly believe their success is short-lived.

Martin is a shining example of someone who from day one deserved to move mountains and succeed. I wish him happiness and neversubsiding entrepreneurial drive with his everlasting wealth.

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Project Portfolio:


The Theme Park Guy
Discover the world's best parks
www.thethemeparkguy.com
Theme Park Construction
Construction updates worldwide!
www.themeparX.com
Resort Construction
Worldwide resort construction updates
www.resortX.com
Theme Park Suppliers
Services for industry suppliers
www.themeparksuppliers.com
themeparX Supplier 100
Our themeparX supplier package
www.themeparx.com/supplier100
Theme Park Headhunter
Headhunting theme park execs for you
www.themeparkheadhunter.com
Theme Park Interviews
Interviews with theme park legends
www.ttpg.co/interviews
Theme Park Consultant
Consulting on your upcoming project
www.ttpg.co
Media Based Attractions
Suppliers of media based attractions
www.themeparx.com
Theme Park Travel
Some theme park travel tips
www.themetours.com
Global Hotel Map
Stefan's personal travel map
www.offhotels.com/map
Maldives Overwater Villas
Sorted by price – you'll be surprised!
www.resortx.com
Snorkel off the beach
A map of all snorkeleable resorts!
www.snorkotel.com
Immigration Experience Rating
Rate how border officials treat you
www.borderator.com
True Dubai (2006)
What Dubai was like in summer '06
www.true-dubai.com
Inkline Media Canada
A full-service web agency based in Ottawa, Canada
www.themeparx.com/inkline
Affiliate Marketing
My former German affiliate platform
www.affiliate.de
Short Movies & more
Some pre-Theme Park Guy fun
www.zwanzgerfilm.com
Theme Park Holding Ltd.
Our holding company
www.themeparkholding.com
Walalah LLC
Our UAE company
www.walalah.com