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Xavier Niel Quotes
Xavier Niel Quotes
Xavier Niel
French
Businessman
Born:
Aug 25
,
1967
About
Big
France
Internet
People
You
We need to create an ecosystem which will make young people want to start their own company.
Xavier Niel
People
Will
Own
Young
Ecosystem
Make
Want
Which
Young People
Create
Company
Start
Need
If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.
Xavier Niel
You
Big
Software
Know
Make
How
Big Things
Then
Create
Things
The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
Xavier Niel
Today
People
World
Software
Mine
Computer
Talent
Like
Most
Make
Candidates
Shortage
Who
Companies
Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.
Xavier Niel
Business
National
Market
Telecom
France
European
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
Xavier Niel
Country
France
Latin
Rigor
Some
Anglo-Saxon
Between
Cultures
Fantastic
A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
Xavier Niel
Free
Analytical
Press
Must
Questioning
Survive
Helped
I'm not unusual; it's the others who are strange.
Xavier Niel
Strange
Others
Unusual
Who
I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.
Xavier Niel
Car
Clothes
Nice
Sick
Like
House
Very
Get
Boat
I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
Xavier Niel
Think
Jobs
Had
Share
Steve
Steve Jobs
His
Much
Fortune
Desire
France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.
Xavier Niel
Broken
Country
France
Developed
Developed Country
Longer
Least
Mobility
Any
Social
Works
Elevator
I know one business, and that's how to make software.
Xavier Niel
Business
Software
Know
Make
How
I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
Xavier Niel
Big
Follow
Something
Small
Idea
Always
Same
Create
Start
Disrupt
'Entrepreneur' is a French word.
Xavier Niel
Entrepreneur
Word
French
From France, you can call anywhere in the world for free. Americans can't do that!
Xavier Niel
You
World
Free
France
Call
American
Anywhere
France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They had a habit of, let's say, getting along with each other, and the prices traditionally were very high.
Xavier Niel
Internet
Other
Market
Telecom
France
Say
High
Habit
Prices
Had
Along
French
Access
Were
Provide
Very
Getting
Who
Each
Specificity
Players
Stephane Richard is far more attuned to the market than Didier Lombard.
Xavier Niel
Market
More
Attuned
Than
Far
Richard