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What it’s like to found a startup in Estonia

The Next Web

Timo Rein is the cofounder & CEO of Pipedrive , and was previously the cofounder of Vain & Partners - the leading Sales Training company in the Baltics. The startup attitude. In Estonia, people who set out to build a great business can’t expect to be greeted with encouragement and support from the broader community.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Europe’s Metaverse Market

ReadWriteStart

According to Rolf Illenberger, co-founder of VRdirect, a virtual reality platform in Munich, none of the big European tech companies are currently relevant to the future of the Metaverse. Historically, European startups have lagged behind the US and Asia regarding nurturing unicorns.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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5 Lessons From the Garage48 Helsinki Hackathon

ReadWriteStart

It gathered 120 hackers from Finland, Estonia and Latvia under the same roof and challenged them to go from zero to demo in 48 hours. Sixteen startups were created during the weekend. Together with Osma Ahvelampi (CTO, Sulake ) and Teemu Kurppa (co-founder, Jaiku ), I was a mentor to those teams.

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Why VCs Invest in Startups with Gravity

Genuine VC

Given communication tools and an array of online services which foster and empower remote working, many startups are successfully building and creating product with teams all around the world. Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g.

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A blueberry in a bowl of chili or why any Founder should visit Austin.

Austin Startup

image source: [link] If you are a startup co-founder in Central and Eastern Europe, when you hear about about US entrepreneurial communities, you usually hear of course Silicon Valley, but more and more often now east coast as well.

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Why VCs Invest in Startups with Gravity

Genuine VC

Given communication tools and an array of online services which foster and empower remote working, many startups are successfully building and creating product with teams all around the world. Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g.

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