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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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" Skype is easy enough to use so that people don't need to be tech savvy - a lot of users just want to communicate with their friends and family, and they find this is the easiest, cheapest way. "

Niklas Zennstrom

Easy

Family

Friends And Family

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 years working for others before starting Kazaa in 2000. "

" Some Internet operators are concerned that video services such as Netflix and YouTube consume lots of the bandwidth on the network. While there is some truth to this, my guess is that the operators wished they could provide the same kind of services with the same success as Netflix and YouTube. "

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

" You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed. "

" As an investor, what we're not looking for is 'oh this is a cool app,' it's 'is this something that can become a big business?' You need to find those that can become real businesses. "

" When we started Skype, if you look at analyst reports, no one forecasted it as a big business. Also when Google started, it was not fashionable to be in search. It's not trying to do the obvious - that's the hard part. "

Niklas Zennstrom

Look

You

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

" We have just started, and if you compare the number of people using Skype to the number using a telephone network around the world, we're still just starting. "

" The next Google or Facebook will come from somewhere other than Silicon Valley. "

Niklas Zennstrom

Will

Facebook

" The telephone is a 100-year-old technology. It's time for a change. Charging for phone calls is something you did last century. "

" The thing about the Internet is the openness. People can link to each other themselves. "

" When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music for free, who would want to buy a record in a record shop? But I think we all agree that radio stations are good stuff. "

" Today as an entrepreneur you have more options. "

Niklas Zennstrom

Options

Entrepreneur

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Niklas Zennstrom

People

Skype

" The Chinese market is very, very unique. "

" If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle. It defines you. Forget about vacations, about going home at 6 pm - last thing at night you'll send emails, first thing in the morning you'll read emails, and you'll wake up in the middle of the night. But it's hugely rewarding as you're fulfilling something for yourself. "

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

" Video is moving online in a big way. It's proven to be a challenging market for some companies that start out as a pure Internet company such as Joost. "

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

" I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date. "

" International markets are much bigger than the U.S. In Sweden we have 9 million inhabitants, and if you're successful in Sweden, you're not successful - it's such a small market. "

" 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. "

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

" When a business becomes successful seemingly overnight, no one knows about all the months and years you've invested, all the projects you've tried before that didn't work. "