"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."

"If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle. It defines you. Forget about vacations, about going home at 6 pm - last thing at night you'll send emails, first thing in the morning you'll read emails, and you'll wake up in the middle of the night. But it's hugely rewarding as you're fulfilling something for yourself."

"You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed."

"I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date."

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

"In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."

"If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior."

"Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike."