I had the pleasure of interviewing Tim Westergren the founder and Chief Strategic Officer of Pandora.com recently and was blown away by his knowledge and passion for music and his business. 

Pandora has enjoyed explosive growth, scaling to $18 Mil in 9 years and scheduled to double that number in 2009!  They have more than 150 employees at the time of this writing. 

Tim is a musician and he started Pandora from the music genome project which is constructing the DNA of the world’s music - allowing the listener to custom craft their own radio stations with only the music they like (and music Pandora thinks you might like based on your preferences).  This is truly a differentiated service!  I listen to “my stations” every day and I can honestly say Pandora has widened my music taste and opened my eyes to great new artists.

In this 30 minute e-interview above, Tim shares some great knowledge with passionate entrepreneurs, including:

1. •A discussion outlining the history and meteoric growth at Pandora  (view this one discussion on YouTube)
   

2. •The major inflection points they faced as a company  (view this one discussion on YouTube)
   

3. •Maintaining the company culture throughout the growth  (view this one discussion on YouTube)
   

4. •The major pain points they experienced and the key lessons learned from that pain   (view this one discussion on YouTube)
   

5. •The vision for what is to come from Pandora   (view this one discussion on YouTube)
   

I can honestly tell you that Tim’s passion will certainly drive Pandora to new heights!

Enjoy the lessons from this great, ‘change-the-world’ entrepreneur,