Alex Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, both Swedes, moved to Berlin, Germany in 2007 and started SoundCloud. Their original idea was born from the need of musicians to exchange large files over the web in order to collaborate. The company since then has expanded its ambitions and now wants to be audio platform of the web.
The company is growing at a rapid clip and has added more than a million users since the introduction of its new mobile apps. SoundCloud is part of the GigaOM 20: The European Startups to Watch. And when I visited Berlin earlier this month to better understand the German capital city’s blossoming start up scene, I decided to call on Ljung and talk to him about the city.
We took a walk down Berlin’s Mitte district (home to many startups.) Here are two short videos clips of Ljung explaining to me what’s happening in Berlin and the second one about SoundCloud itself. (And once you are done, check out some of the photos I took in Berlin on my personal blog.)
Alex Ljung on Berlin’s startup scene:
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Alex Ljung on SoundCloud’s plans:
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