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...

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...

It’s extremely hard to build a company with a product that everyone loves, is free and has no business model, and then to innovate a business model. I did that with Kazaa, had half a...

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.

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

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.

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

China is one of our absolutely top markets; it is a big growth market for broadband,

Look for when the environment is changing – the big shift now is mobile Internet. It’s really happening big-time. The way you interact with services on a smart phone compared to the Web is quite...

We were founded on Aug. 29, 2003, and now have 70 employees, about half in London and half in Tallinn, Estonia, and some in Luxembourg.

Today as an entrepreneur you have more options.

When a business becomes successful seemingly overnight, no one knows about all the months and years you’ve invested, all the projects you’ve tried before that didn’t work.

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.

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.

When we look at investing, we always think about ‘how defensible is this, how likely is it that somebody is going to copy this.’ E-commerce tends to be something easy to copy because it’s execution.

There are different rumors every day. We don’t comment on rumors. When we make deals, we announce them.

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...

You have 1 billion people using the Internet with 200 million of those now using broadband internet connections, so the Internet has become a powerful network. It can carry calls.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

With our work at Kazaa, we began seeing growing broadband connections and more powerful computers and more streaming multimedia, and we saw that the traditional way of communicating by phone no longer made a lot...

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...

The Chinese market is very, very unique.

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

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?...

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

At no charge, if they both have the software installed. Or by using SkypeOut if they need to call a land line or mobile at low rates.

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

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

I’m convinced over time, all voice communication will migrate to the Internet.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

But that technology enabled the movie industry to make much more revenue. The single largest revenue source for the movie industry is videos.

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...

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...

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

Tom had implemented a text filter, which is what everyone else in that market is doing. Those are the regulations.

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.

It was more a technical proof of concept that it was possible to transfer files between two end users rather than going through servers.

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...

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.

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.

Yes the calls are free. But you’re paying for the mobile access and that drives usage and something that drives usage is good for the operators.