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" Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet. "
Niklas Zennstrom
People
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" If you can use a Web browser, you can use Skype. "
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" And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more. "
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" As an entrepreneur, if you're the originator, you need to be faster than ever. "
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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. "
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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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" I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date. "
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" 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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" We also have a conference call feature where up to five people can talk on one Skype call. "
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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 years working for others before starting Kazaa in 2000. "
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" If you could utilize the resources of the end users' computers, you could do things much more efficiently. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways. "
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" The next Google or Facebook will come from somewhere other than Silicon Valley. "
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" The telephone is a 100-year-old technology. It's time for a change. Charging for phone calls is something you did last century. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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