Niklas Zennström bores at Le Web

Niklas Zennström doesn't speak often to large crowds. When he does, he isn't insightful or novel or passionate. His talk at Le Web was no exception. He could have shared the personal story of clawing his way back to ownership of Skype. The fury and anger of being kicked out of Skype without the billion dollar payout. Or the pain of choosing to close Joost. Instead he chose slideware and platitudes. I'd have preferred to hear from Catherine Zennström about the Zennström Philanthropies. Or from Geoffrey Prentice about Atomico's portfolio strategy.

Sigh.

tags: skype, leweb, #leweb, niklaszennstrom, atomico

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