“When we started Skype, if you look at analyst reports, no one forecasted it as a…” — Niklas Zennstrom

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

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.

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.

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