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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They are technology freaks and not the kind of guys who seek publicity, but a Vanity Fair shoot in Cannes gives them a broader appeal. We drink beer in the Electric and play pool at the Elbow Room.
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People do business in Sweden and it goes well; they may try launching the product in Denmark instead of considering a global business plan. On the financing side, VCs require too much downside protection and are not willing enough to take risks.
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revolutionize the ease with which people can communicate through the Internet.
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We want to make talking over the Internet the most natural, simple thing for people all over the world to do - no matter which computer they use.
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Tom had implemented a text filter, which is what everyone else in that market is doing. Those are the regulations.
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But that technology enabled the movie industry to make much more revenue. The single largest revenue source for the movie industry is videos.
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China is one of our absolutely top markets; it is a big growth market for broadband,
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I'm convinced over time, all voice communication will migrate to the Internet.
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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.
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Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection.
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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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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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Another differentiator is that Skype is free and simple to set up, and it costs us virtually nothing for a new user to join the Skype network, which is why we can offer the service for free.
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If you can use a Web browser, you can use Skype.