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What it’s like to found a startup in Estonia

The Next Web

I happen to be from Estonia, a small, but fiercely proud country near the Baltic Sea, one with a burgeoning startup scene that’s full of driven, intelligent and hungry entrepreneurs. 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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EyeVi of Estonia Selects Austin for its U.S. Headquarters

SiliconHills

EyeVI Technologies, which is in the geospatial AI-powered digital data production industry in Europe, announced it has opened its U.S. The company’s development hub remains in Estonia. headquarters at Capital Factory. Capital Factory hosted an event on Sept.

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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

Timing entry and delivering a product or service that will thrive under these conditions will help entrepreneurs scale up their startups and grow within a fast-paced environment. Europe Tallinn For decades Estonia has been at the forefront of technological and business innovation in the Baltic region.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Europe’s Metaverse Market

ReadWriteStart

Instead, the technology has been limited to niche operators and start-ups, such as Finland’s Varjo, which makes high-end headphones, and Estonia’s Ready Player Me, a cross-game avatar platform. Featured Image Credit: Photo by SHVETS production; Pexels; Thanks!

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

was “lack of a market need for their product.” Many of these failed startups created a product nobody needed or wanted. If their solution can potentially meet customer needs, startups should create a minimal viable product (MVP) that captures their idea and brings it to market as quickly as possible. According to David S.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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 haven’t blogged about GrabCAD much here at AgileVC in the past, but we’re excited to be invesetors in the company.

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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. Startups are all about delivering a simple product to a niche that needs it. Garage48 Helsinki , the largest hackathon in the Nordics, took place last week. Focus on technology you know.

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