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

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.

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

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 billion downloads but that wasn't a sustainable business.

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

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.

Today, over one million people now make their living on eBay, which is astounding.