Quotes by Niklas Zennstrom

About Niklas Zennstrom:

Niklas Zennström is a Swedish entrepreneur best known for founding several high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis including Skype and Kazaa. More recently he founded the technology investment firm Atomico and has become a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the tech sector. Zennström is also the co-founder of the charity organization Zennström Philanthropies.
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I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.

Niklas Zennstrom

Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways.

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We also have a conference call feature where up to five people can talk on one Skype call.

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Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet.

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Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection.

Niklas Zennstrom

People need to access Skype wirelessly, no matter where they are, and what happens is that we'll be taking advantage of the rollout of Internet everywhere - WiFi and WiMax in particular.

Niklas Zennstrom

If you can use a Web browser, you can use Skype.

Niklas Zennstrom

As an entrepreneur, if you're the originator, you need to be faster than ever.

Niklas Zennstrom

We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries. We're getting 80,000 new users each day. And more than half a million people are connected via Skype at any given moment.

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Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream.

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Talent can pop up anywhere in the world, it's not just one city block.

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Today as an entrepreneur you have more options.

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What we are doing is taking advantage of the broadband Internet to provide basically unlimited free calls to anyone at a higher voice quality than they can with the phone lines.

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We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries.

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In fact, we just surpassed our first 1 million simultaneous users online.

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When we look at investing, we always think about 'how defensible is this, how likely is it that somebody is going to copy this.' E-commerce tends to be something easy to copy because it's execution.

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Angry Birds is one of the fastest-growing online products I've seen, growing even faster than Skype, and the company has done a brilliant job of extending it across different platforms and merchandise.

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I try not to dwell on big mistakes but to move on when I make a mistake. I make mistakes most of the times and that's part of the risk profile being an entrepreneur. I guess one big mistake I did was not to start my own company earlier. I spent nine ...

Niklas Zennstrom

Look for when the environment is changing - the big shift now is mobile Internet. It's really happening big-time. The way you interact with services on a smart phone compared to the Web is quite different, so there's a huge opportunity.

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They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing.

Niklas Zennstrom

Author Bio

  • NameNiklas Zennstrom
  • DescriptionSwedish businessman
  • BornFebruary 16, 1966
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur