Pandora Pulls Back the Curtain on Its Magic Music Machine | Fast Company | Business + I... - 0 views
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"It’s true that the algorithms mathematically match songs, but the math, all it’s doing is translating what a human being is actually measuring," says Tim Westergren, who founded Pandora in 2000 and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. “You need a human ear to discern.”
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Pandora’s secret sauce is people. Music lovers.
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"That is the magic bullet for us," Westergren says of the company’s human element. "I can’t overstate it. It’s been the most important part of Pandora. It defines us in so many ways."
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