Niklas Zennstrom Quotes

If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle. It defines you. Forget about vacations, about going home at 6 pm - last thing at night you'll send emails, first thing in the morning you'll read emails, and you'll wake up in the middle of the night. But it's hugely rewarding as you're fulfilling something for yourself.
Niklas Zennstrom

Home, Morning, Yourself

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.
Niklas Zennstrom

Smart, Yourself, Important

The telephone is a 100-year-old technology. It's time for a change. Charging for phone calls is something you did last century.
Niklas Zennstrom

Technology, Change, Time

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.
Niklas Zennstrom

Time, Experience, Failure

And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.
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Movies, Thought, Same

As an entrepreneur, if you're the originator, you need to be faster than ever.
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Faster, Originator

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.
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Best, Hope, Become

If you can use a Web browser, you can use Skype.
Niklas Zennstrom

Web, Skype, Browser

If you could utilize the resources of the end users' computers, you could do things much more efficiently.
Niklas Zennstrom

Computers, End, Resources

In fact, we just surpassed our first 1 million simultaneous users online.
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Fact, Million, Online

Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways.
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Best, Place, Start

Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection.
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Individual, Internet, Connection

Talent can pop up anywhere in the world, it's not just one city block.
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Talent, City, Anywhere

The Chinese market is very, very unique.
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Unique, Market, Chinese

The next Google or Facebook will come from somewhere other than Silicon Valley.
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Next, Somewhere, Google

The thing about the Internet is the openness. People can link to each other themselves.
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Themselves, Internet, Openness

Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet.
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Started, Internet, Using

They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing.
Niklas Zennstrom

Voice, Sharing, Online

Today as an entrepreneur you have more options.
Niklas Zennstrom

We also have a conference call feature where up to five people can talk on one Skype call.
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Talk, Call, Five

We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries.
Niklas Zennstrom

Countries, Million, Users

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.
Niklas Zennstrom

Angry, Job, Done

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.
Niklas Zennstrom

Simple, Nothing, Why

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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Business, Cool, Real

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.
Niklas Zennstrom

Mistakes, Before, Try

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Scientist

Born: 1966

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