Wednesday 5 October 2016, 12:00
Skype is one of those companies that have made technology fully in the daily life of people. Many have been able to feel closer to their friends and family thanks to this way of communicating via the internet, which has exceeded boundaries and has reached the business world.
There was a disturbing moment in the world of telephony and we wanted to lead it, said Niklas Zennström, CO founder of Skype, during the presentation of South Summit 2016 in Madrid, the largest entrepreneurship event in South Europe. Of course, according to the maker of the Atomic Investment Fund, the most important thing is to be aware of the disturbance, not to destroy what there is, but to create something better.
But how do you ensure that a company like Skype becomes successful worldwide? Zennström explained that people around the world want to communicate with their friends and family. When we started in this company, we thought there was a great business chance, and although it was difficult to achieve success, we had to try it, he said.
This is precisely the council that the businessman has given the more than 6,500 entrepreneurs who have been met in this fifth edition of South Summit (5-7 October). In Europe there are thousands of incredible startups, but they still miss size, climbing, having a global ambition, the Skype Co -Founder explained.
He also said that the market disruption is really important today, because many sectors will become the technological world in the next ten years and that there is a great business opportunity in them. Every day, more companies search for efficiency through automation, which offers consumers more value.
Allen Blue, LinkedIn Co -Founder
For his part, Allen Blue, co -founder of LinkedIn, assured during his presentation that no one will succeed without a clear analysis of how the people of his team are like. Moreover, Blue pointed out that at the start of a project you need to know how to concentrate on the main product and leave all administrative efforts in the hands of another person.
My advice is to know how to help, no one succeeds without opening their minds for the knowledge of the people around him, explained Blue, who emphasized that it is best to face the product of many people to know and listen to their opinion. If you surround yourself with people who help you, I don’t say it will be a safe success, but it makes things very easier for you.
As a presentation of the institutional part, María Benjumea, founder of Spain Startup, has assured that the development of startups is that countries grow and has emphasized that it is not a dream, but that we have an incredible entrepreneurial ecosystem in Spain.
Benjumea remembered the importance of internationalization to grow companies and has indicated the enormous opportunity for investors, companies and entrepreneurs who assume events of this type of it. The common goal is clear: finding and generating that world of opportunities has closed one of the promoters of the event.
