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by nxmnxm99 1775 days ago
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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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.

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