“None of [the Estonian engineers] had any telecoms background,” Skype co-founder Ahti Heinla explained in the CNBC piece. “I think that was the key thing about why it worked so well. It didn't look like telecom. It didn't behave like one.”
Skype founders had no telecom background.
PayPal founders had no banking background.
Airbnb founders had no hotel background.
Their lack of experience was an advantage because it freed them to create something far better.
Btw, I'm going to do a "Skype RIP" post of my own - I, too, will reference going from phone cards (to call the US from Japan) to a Skype call over fiber. It was like the world had shrunk. So cool, so transformative.
omg yes. but that was a thing. I would pay 1000 yen for like 10 minutes of voice...from a payphone. until Skype. (later, LTE harmonization helped too.)
Did anyone else find the SBF-Tucker Carlson interview super gross? At one point, TC implies that the Dems are all crooks since SBF's political contributions should have gotten him a get-out-of-jail-free card. LOL!
this was like 3 or 4 posts worth in one...and the chuckles just kept on coming. Multiple high-fives for the ode to 90s audio cues
Appreciate the read, Jon! That ICQ message sound was no joke eh?
Nope - that meant business!
speaking of audio cues - I always thought the Slack "knock" was pretty genius, though the novelty definitely wore off.
But the UI - I remember when I first used Slack, and I was like - isn't this basically a prettier IRC? (admittedly, much prettier...)
I second that.
“None of [the Estonian engineers] had any telecoms background,” Skype co-founder Ahti Heinla explained in the CNBC piece. “I think that was the key thing about why it worked so well. It didn't look like telecom. It didn't behave like one.”
Skype founders had no telecom background.
PayPal founders had no banking background.
Airbnb founders had no hotel background.
Their lack of experience was an advantage because it freed them to create something far better.
Love that, great take and very true.
Btw, I'm going to do a "Skype RIP" post of my own - I, too, will reference going from phone cards (to call the US from Japan) to a Skype call over fiber. It was like the world had shrunk. So cool, so transformative.
100% them phone cards insane
omg yes. but that was a thing. I would pay 1000 yen for like 10 minutes of voice...from a payphone. until Skype. (later, LTE harmonization helped too.)
Did anyone else find the SBF-Tucker Carlson interview super gross? At one point, TC implies that the Dems are all crooks since SBF's political contributions should have gotten him a get-out-of-jail-free card. LOL!
Thanks for another fun read!
Jason! Thank you for the read and sharing this. Damn this is amazing insider intel (totally forgot about aQuant). Will def be sharing. Best, Trung
Appreciate you man. Need more intel like this! hahaha...And thank you for the LI pump. Oldie but goodie lol