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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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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Estonia

The Next Web

I bet you didn’t know that Estonia has the third highest amount of startups per capita than any other country in the world. What makes the “Made in Estonia” brand of tech startup so lucrative? What makes the “Made in Estonia” brand of tech startup so lucrative?

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Estonia’s new e-residents are surpassing the country’s birth rate

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Estonia is the first country in the world to offer an ‘e-Residency‘ to people of any nationality. If you become an e-resident, you get a governmentally issued digital identity like other Estonians, that you can use to set up your own company in Estonia — completely remotely.

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How this shy country wants to become the Silicon Valley of the Baltics

The Next Web

In recent years we’ve been continually impressed with the small Baltic country of Estonia, which has been a frontrunner in many areas within digital solutions and tech innovation, such as e-residency, digital policies, and national cryptocurrencies.

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5 Lessons From the Garage48 Helsinki Hackathon

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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. Mobile demos are tricky, because cameras can't easily capture what's on a small screen from far, so you may want to consider using a web version, an iPad or slides. Discuss.

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Ukraine, Estonia, Chile, Finland: The saga of four accelerators

The Next Web

Keeping in mind these… This story continues at The Next Web. Some of the programs take equity in exchange for a seed round, some are free for participants, others work anywhere in between those two models.

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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

The Next Web

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Repairy: web-based customer relationship and resource management system for car repair shops and dealerships.

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