Then people started using it more and more and it became the most downloaded software on the internet.

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.

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.

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 of sense.

The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs.

It is very similar to companies like Google and other internet companies. When you go and search on Google you don't pay for that. But sometimes you click on an advert and Google makes money on that.