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
business denmark downside financing global goes instead launching people product protection require sweden willing
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.
ease people
revolutionize the ease with which people can communicate through the Internet.
computer internet matter people simple talking
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.
given half million people users via worldwide
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.
easier people release talk video
With the release of our new software, it's never been easier for people to talk to one another for free, and now they can see each other with video as well.
calls land mobile people phone phones receive skype
At the office, we actually don't have a land phone line. We use Skype mostly, and mobile phones to receive calls from people not on Skype.
people family-and-friends needs
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.
people needs matter
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.
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.
people skype conference-calls
We also have a conference call feature where up to five people can talk on one Skype call.
people internet software
Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet.
ebay people today
Today, over one million people now make their living on eBay, which is astounding.
numbers people world
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.