
“If you have a product that works it’s important to scale (up) the business as quickly as possible,” said Zennstrom, named by Time Magazine in 2006 as one of its 100 most influential people. Skype was sold to eBay Inc in 2005 for roughly $3 billion, before being bought back by a consortium including Zennstrom in 2009 and then two years later sold on to Microsoft Corp for $8.5 billion, leaving him a multi-millionaire. Skype does not offer a premium plan for businesses Zoom offers three premium plans ranging from 14.99 to 19. Zennstrom, who retains faint traces of a Swedish accent despite his years of globetrotting, is looking for start-ups ready to shift up a gear into new markets and has the experience, gained from growing Skype into a service used by millions around the world, to help them. There are some differences between the two solutions. “Talent can pop up anywhere in the world, it’s not just one city block,” the Swedish entrepreneur and venture capitalist said at the headquarters of his Atomico fund, based on upmarket New Bond Street in central London. REUTERS/David LohĪnd he is prepared to fly around the world to find it. A higher-grade webcam, or using a headset or microphone, can also help filter out.

A page from the Skype website is seen in Singapore May 10, 2011. Poor quality could also be attributed to slow or spotty Internet service.
