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GrabCAD’s Acquisition: From Talinn to London to Boston

Agile VC

He had a clear vision of what he hoped to achieve with GrabCAD… to make collaborative CAD design easier in our connected world, where CAD engineers and product designers are more distributed. And thanks to Hardi I got to meet the President of Estonia. Fast forward to today and there are over 1.5

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Why VCs Invest in Startups with Gravity

Genuine VC

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. From an investment perspective, we’re believers in the theme of an increasingly “distributed workforce” in which organizations are more frequently utilizing talent where talent is. But VCs want to know where a company is (going to be) located after they fund it.

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Why VCs Invest in Startups with Gravity

Genuine VC

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. From an investment perspective, we’re believers in the theme of an increasingly “distributed workforce” in which organizations are more frequently utilizing talent where talent is. But VCs want to know where a company is (going to be) located after they fund it.

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Chile, Entrepreneurs, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

Reid Hoffman

The small domestic market in Estonia and the fragmented nature of the market in Europe changed from a disadvantage to an advantage for launching Skype. Among the interesting new techniques that Wences and Xapo are using to build a global business is his approach to creating and growing a completely distributed company.

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How to Run Effective Online Sweepstakes Campaigns

ConversionXL

Appsumo is an daily deals website for the coolest web apps and other digitally distributed goods. This is what they say about themselves: We are an distribution channel for companies that help entrepreneurs start, grow, optimize, and scale their businesses. Case studies. Image credit. Case #1 – Appsumo. Image credit.

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Key Insights from Every Speaker of Elite Camp 2017

ConversionXL

Elite Camp is a traffic and (mainly) conversion event held in Estonia every summer. More than 10,000 conversions as well as multi-channel distribution: Yes! It’s among the very best CRO events in the world, and of course in Europe. Elite Camp 2017 had an enviable line-up of heavy hitters and rock stars. Jeff Sauer: Attribution is B t.

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Israeli startups – Apply for mini Seedcamp Tel Aviv by Feb 3rd

VC Cafe

Last month in London, I got a chance to sit with five startups from the UK, Italy, Finland and Estonia – each with a very different business.

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