deal architect

JUNE 24, 2013

Google''s Project Loon Finland''s next blockbuster Spain: Mobile Banking Innovation Santander: A city of sensors. We hear so much about Silicon Valley and Bangalore and Shanghai that it is refreshing to hear about innovations in other parts of the world. Innovative Business Uses of Technology'

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2016

It’s hard to get the exact data on how many startup acceleration programs are being launched every year, but it’s definitely a lot. If you search Google News for something like “new startup accelerator,” it will return hundreds of headlines from all over the world.

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The Next Web

MAY 2, 2017

In 2009, Finland was the second largest investor in early stage European startups based on GDP. Finland’s startup… This story continues at The Next Web. According to Startup100, there are more than 600 active startups in the country. Most of these startups are in the tech or gaming industries.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. This is the first of two posts about Finland and entrepreneurship. steve blank in finland sept 2011 View more documents from steve blank. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Discuss.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Economist published "If in doubt, innovate" a special report on The Nordic Region (Sweden, Denmark, Finland) as a hotbed for entrepreneurship we can all learn from. The article mentions some of the characteristics that make the Nordic Cluster successful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

I was once asked by a top executive of a major software company why we were not selling more products in Finland. He did not seem to understand that Finland was not part of Scandinavia and that English is not too well understood by most people there (with the exception of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Last week in Helsinki Finland at a dinner with a roomful of large company CEO’s, one of them asked, ”What can we do to help build an ecosystem that will foster entrepreneurship?” The best investment they could make to help a startup culture in Finland would be to share what they know with the next generation. What Are You Waiting For?

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, located just across the Bay of Finland from Helsinki. A two hour ferry ride across the Bay of Finland carried us from Tallinn to Helsinki.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2018

Lamia (Finland). Reach Digital, Netherlands. MindArc Pty Ltd (Australia). Madia BV (Netherlands). Webgriffe SRL (Italy). Divante Sp. HiberusTecnologia (Spain). One Creations (UK). Blue Acorn, LLC (USA). Silk Software Corp. eWave (Australia). netz98 GmbH (Germany). Netherlands). Selection Tips. .

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2013

I believe this would work with any of the hundred biggest companies in Finland. The thing is, if you look at the growth the one hundred biggest companies in Finland have achieved over the last three years, there’s not much to write home about, is there? Nokia is only one example.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 23, 2018

And in Sweden and Finland, robots now write more news articles than humans. Newsrooms in Sweden and Finland are leading the charge into more fully-automated content, with algorithms analyzing the facts, writing the news, and pointing their human counterparts to the most interesting stories. J-schools are teaching Python.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 10, 2014

This year, for example, contestants came from Ireland and Slovenia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, London, Tel Aviv and all over […] The post So How Did YOU Get Picked for Accelerator? appeared first on SiliconHills.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 8, 2015

Milt went to the Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, as a decathlon competitor. This misconception grew out of their habit of following through in all of their plans with persistence. Milt Campbell was a friend of mine; we shared many hours together. He was after the gold.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 10, 2011

Check out what some enterprising entrepreneur from Finland did ). Recently Twitter added a new service that emails you when people RT you or favorite one of your Tweets. I started getting a ton of emails in my Gmail account saying people had favorited my Tweets, which I promptly fixed by filtering these.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

I was once asked by a division manager of a major software company why we were not selling more products in Finland. He did not seem to understand that Finland was not part of Scandinavia and that English is not too well understood by most people there (with the exception of the Swedish speaking minority in Finland).

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2011

Bremer then quit his job at the end of 2010 and worked full-time on his startup (while based in Finland). But he had tremendous difficulty finding the right co-founder and finally gave up on his idea. The failure did get him thinking, and the seed for Founder2be was planted. Haubenschild, Founder2be ‘s developer, works out of Germany.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

Boston, Finland and Paris). We’ve had billion dollar exists in Chicago, Baltimore, London, San Francisco and Los Angeles an well as enormous winners also in New York and Las Vegas. Just over 40% of our investments are in Greater Los Angeles, 25% in the Bay Area and 15% NYC with the balance in a city near you (Austin, Seattle, D.C.,

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Helsinki, Finland. So you will easily be able to find some central office space that is well within your budget. The city also has a seriously cool image. And that means young people are flocking to live there. So you will never be short of employees !

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

To my surprise, the ideas and technology behind that startups were not superior to the ones we have in Finland. Countries such as the UK , Russia and Finland are trying to replicate its ecosystem, to stimulate their local industries. The incubators and co-working spaces are on par with what we have. Silicon Valley is a hub.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). As promised at the end of July , the organization has now announced the launch of five new programs across the continent, doubling its European presence to ten chapters across as many countries.

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Diego Basch

DECEMBER 16, 2012

We must be careful in drawing conclusions when comparing small, relatively homogeneous countries such as Finland against a population with the size and heterogeneity of the US. Their ethnicities, geographies and densities are different as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We funded about $2 million, which allowed a full team in Finland to be recruited for building the app and an international management team led from Los Angeles. The results? Massive success after just one week of launching that has continued into the third week (this week) with their first property.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Shortcomings related to labor and international ambition create a widespread opportunity for innovation, allowing entrepreneurs to take advantage of its connected country ecosystems such as those in the UK, United States, Finland, Norway, and Denmark, among others.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Last week in Helsinki Finland at a dinner with a roomful of large company CEO's, one of them asked, "What can we do to help build an ecosystem that will foster entrepreneurship?" The best investment they could make to help a startup culture in Finland would be to share what they know with the next generation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

I say this because Finland, where I come from, is really bad at this. I see it as the single biggest issue for Finland’s competitiveness moving forward. And if there is push back, there is something wrong with society and not with the individual (joining the company).

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Jason Ball

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

A classic creative destructive force… Nokia was the primary employer in Finland for engineers and tech talent, a safe, solid bet. It’s a painful time in Finland right now economically, but I think a little bit of short term pain will mean amazing things for the country. In my mind, it came out of Nokia.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 14, 2009 International tour about to begin For my international readers: are you in Washington DC, Paris, Barcelona, London, Amsterdam, Malmo, or even Oulu, Finland? Then youll have a chance to come discuss the lean startup live and in-person. Whats that you say? Fascinating.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 2, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

The initial product MVP was called Spotify Business and was only made available in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Ola: Soundtrack Your Brand started up as a joint venture with Spotify.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

About 10 years into the web I received a letter telling me that I was to receive the Millenium Prize in Finland. I didn’t do any interviews or make any public appearances. Mainly so it wouldn’t interfere with my family. It turned out that the ceremony happened to be on my son’s birthday.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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. Internet technology start ups in Israel should apply *for free* on this link: Apply to Seedcamp Tel Aviv.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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