10 Tech Startups that Could Sell for $1 Billion


3. Startup: Spotify

What it does: Allows the online streaming of music for free, but paid subscribers get premium access.

How much it’s valued at: $1 billion

Tech Giant that could buy it: Apple—its current model of ‘pay-per-song’ isn’t doing well against free-streaming competition from sites like Spotify, so well; maybe it’s time it tried and looked at things the non-Apple way.