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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. 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.

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

Up and Running

Nations such as Estonia or Poland have made a name for themselves as well. More sales is an indicator of scaling as well. Running a startup in New York or Silicon Valley is very expensive, so no wonder that recently, there has been an explosion of new locations starting to see growth in tech startups. Scaling drives a startup’s growth.

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

From running around Manhattan in 2008 selling to restaurants while the world economy was in tatters, to the first hire of a startup based out of Estonia, to my current role in Austin, Texas it sure has been a windy road. It’s a similar trait I’ve learned in sales. Natives will appreciate the effort.

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It May Be An Open Book, But The EU Ain’t On The Best-Seller List

YoungUpstarts

in the European Union, ranging from less than 5% in Slovenia to more than 20% in Estonia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany.”. On the contrary, women were over-represented among clerical support workers as well as among service and sales workers, accounting for around two-thirds of employed persons in these occupations.

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#1 Reason for Companies to Hire Remotely in the Future

Transformify

For example, a sales rep has to call 50 contacts within a day, a designer has to finish three pages per week, a writer has to complete 9 articles per month, etc. A sales rep working for 8 hours in the office has to use that time to call 50 people, which means that they will take the entire 8 hours to do it.

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

Austin Startup

And you feel it in every way in Austin, the Texas University camp is in the center of the city, the sports teams of Uni has huge sale stores next to Nike or Gap. Here is what I took from those meetings, might be helpful if you plan to take your startup at some point to US market or exit there.

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