How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe

Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by imartin2k on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:11AM (#28142198)

Co-founder and CEO Niklas Zennström is a Swede and so Skype always had a clear connection to Sweden. But yes, Estonia also deserves a lot of credit for Skype of course, as the development work was mostly done there.

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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by nxmnxm99 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:15AM (#28142237)

A lot of the credit? Estonia is 99% of Skype. There's a reason their tech ecosystem (which is more impressive than Sweden's) is called the "Skype Mafia"

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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by imartin2k on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:20AM (#28142297)

The Skype mafia looks to me rather “diverse” international https://www.forbes.com/sites/samshead/2019/08/21/the-skype-m...

Anyway, my point is that whether correctly or incorrectly, that thanks to Zennström, many people do associate Skype also with Sweden, and he acted as an early role model for other future startup entrepreneurs from Sweden.

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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by lalo2302 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:56AM (#28152920)

You can search the #EstonianMafia. Is Skype, Pipedrive, Wise (Transferwise), Bolt, etc...

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