Niklas Zennstrom
Niklas Zennstrom
Niklas Zennströmis 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...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionScientist
CountrySweden
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Until now, we've been primarily focused on PCs. But our customers want a more ubiquitous experience. And, with a service for mobile phones, we plan to deliver this.
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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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We have a much higher penetration in countries like Brazil and Poland, where phone rates are high and service is hit or miss in some places.
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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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It is very similar to companies like Google and other internet companies. When you go and search on Google you don't pay for that. But sometimes you click on an advert and Google makes money on that.
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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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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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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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Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection.
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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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If you can use a Web browser, you can use Skype.
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We don't have any launch dates yet for any of those platforms. It's going to be wonderful to be able to make a Skype call from cell phones or PDAs.
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There are different rumors every day. We don't comment on rumors. When we make deals, we announce them.