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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SEAN PARKER

BY JADELYN DIDIER
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SEAN PARKER

  • Created Napster
  • Born December 3, 1979
  • Went to Oakton High School and Chantilly High School
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NAPSTER

  • Founded: 1999
  • Headquarters: Los Angeles, California
  • Current Value: $111.08 million
  • Around 138 employees
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HOW DID THE COMPANY ORIGINATE?

  • The creators didn't like the fact of paying for music, so they created a website to download music for free
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WHAT OBSTACLES WERE OVERCOME?

  • The barriers of getting music were overcome by creating Napster to get music for free
  • Musicians were upset that they weren't receiving money from people buying their music

'KEYS TO SUCCESS'

  • Sean Parker created Napster, which allowed people to download music for free.
  • He was a president for Facebook©
  • He is a founder for Spotify, another music related app.
  • He took to his companies and gained most success and fortune through them
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"I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real." -Sean Parker

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