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
vcr watches watch-movie
And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.
computer ends resources
If you could utilize the resources of the end users' computers, you could do things much more efficiently.
music thinking people
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.
country people each-day
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.
successful sweden bigger
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.
jobs bird done
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.
people skype conference-calls
We also have a conference call feature where up to five people can talk on one Skype call.
entrepreneur today
Today as an entrepreneur you have more options.
mistake moving years
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.
people internet software
Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet.
unique chinese
The Chinese market is very, very unique.
jobs entrepreneur want
If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle.
voice online instant
They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing.
financial investment financial-investment
I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.