Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" The world is becoming more global. More than ever, people are proactively deciding where to live, where to study, where to work. Sometimes it's out of necessity, sometimes it's out of choice. "

Taavet Hinrikus

Choice

Live

People

Related Quotes:

" Bitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. "

" Traditional consumer finance has been unfair for decades. Banks have had a monopoly on financial services and have been able to overcharge and underserve consumers. "

" There's most definitely a Davos bubble. You're in a small Alpine town that, for just four days in January, sees its population tripled with world leaders, CEOs, media, police, the army... and a whole bunch of people who aren't invited but just come to hang out. "

" I did an MBA because when I left Skype, I didn't have a clear idea of whether I wanted to create or join a company. But you don't need an MBA to become an entrepreneur. "

" Without immigration, nations would stagnate. It is key for innovation and for economic growth. "

" Most banks tell their customers that they only pay a small upfront fee for international payments. But in reality, customers pay much more. "

Taavet Hinrikus

Pay

Only

" When a new hire is afraid to roll up their sleeves and get things done, it's a clear sign it's not going to work out. "

" Creating a new country from scratch has given Estonia the license to imagine what a country could be. "

" As technology progresses, I believe that fintech will fundamentally change finance. "

" Maybe I think too highly of myself, but I think maybe sometimes I can give some good advice - sometimes bad advice, I'm sure - and I think that's a way of giving back. "

" 'Big' problems are overwhelming, but when we distil them down to their simplest forms, then the solutions become simple, too. "

" No amount of PR works if you've got a bad product. "

" Sometimes, companies are better placed than politicians and governments to make change happen. That doesn't mean that they should not be held to account and follow international rules. But with the right motivation, they can be the force for change. "

" The world is getting smaller thanks to technology. "

" When we talk about technology changing the world, we often hear about how it makes our lives easier, more connected, safer, or even healthier. They're all things we can easily identify with. The Internet makes our lives easier; services like Skype and WhatsApp allows us to be more connected - the examples are endless. "

" To be a global business, you need access to the best talent from around the world - fix this, everything else falls into place. Whether it's homegrown or imported, we don't mind where it comes from - we just want the best. "

" Large incumbents become big and sometimes become lazy and set themselves up for failure in the future. "

" There are so many instances in banking where 'free' simply doesn't mean free, whether it's opaque overdraft charges or credit card providers that are quietly raising interest rates without customers noticing. "

" I get a kick out of helping the next generation of founders. "

" Changing behaviour is a very slow process. "

" Hiring new people, opening up in new markets, all of that takes money. "

" Celebrity-spotting is pretty standard at Davos. It's one of the things that makes it easy to criticise. "

" Being a 'global citizen' is not something reserved for the global elite anymore. Thanks to the democratising power of technology, it's not a trend determined by privilege or even age but by attitude. "

" If we think about how long Google spent searching - I think they came around in '98? And, OK, Gmail came in 2004, but it was literally built by one engineer as a 20%-time project. It was probably 10 years before Google started diversifying. "

" For Estonia, joining Europe meant our potential as a country increased - not decreased - because of that connectedness. "

" Doing something that empowers people makes you realise how boring it would be to work for a place where the goal is just to make more money. It's much easier to get out of bed and look forward to 12 hours of work if you're making the world a better place. "

" People bought bitcoin because they thought it would be worth more tomorrow. And a lot of people got lucky. But we're not seeing real people use bitcoin. And we don't know what problem it solves. Now, blockchain, I think, is a genius advancement in technology. "

" The financial crisis of 2008 created a seismic shift in the dynamics of trust in financial services. FinTech would have happened without the global financial crisis - but it would have taken much longer. "

" Scaling a business at speed can feel like an out of control roller-coaster. "

" If you think about the influence it has had, it's incredible. Think of all the relationships that have been saved because of Skype. "