The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

The initial product MVP was called Spotify Business and was only made available in Sweden, Norway and Finland. We have now built a significant product leadership and barriers to entry for any competitor wishing to enter the music streaming market for businesses. Ola: Soundtrack Your Brand started up as a joint venture with Spotify.

Founder 158

Founder B2C B2B Audio 158

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Viljakainen’s was recently in town to give a talk and promote his book “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “, and we were fortunate enough to catch him for a short interview to talk about how business leadership in the new digital era. How do you see leadership in the new millennium evolve?

Leadership 149

Leadership Singapore Finland China 149

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. MUDs made the essential truth about software into a powerful metaphor: that code is magic, giving those who wield it the ability to create new forms of value literally out of thin air. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Programming 143

Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 143

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2019

Petri built the studio and they developed the majority of game play in Finland, where there are a deep pool of talented video games professionals. We found tremendous value in this idea of a two-city startup with some business leadership / management in one city (LA) and much of the development in another (Helsinki).

Intellectual Property 33

Intellectual Property Finland Mobile Forecast 33

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

They also wrote and published a proposal for a Vaccine Manhattan Project that calls on leaders to do more than just the status quo, reminding us all that "History teaches us that combining money with determined leadership can have an extraordinary effect on scientific and human progress. I grew up in Finland.

Founder 60

Founder Technical Review Leadership Software Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 18, 2009

The Thought Leadership talks are awesome. J oe Mathes set a great example by sponsoring a ticket to the Boulder workshop out of sheer generosity. Thanks, Joe! If youre interested in sponsoring or in seeking a scholarship, just drop me an email. Hope to see you soon! 3comments: Lincoln Nguyen said. Looking forward to that one.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco DC Sweden Continuous Deployment 60

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

They’ve been thinking hard and smart about the lessons to be learned not only from Silicon Valley, but with only 16 million people, they are also looking for lessons from other small innovation clusters such as Israel, Singapore and Finland. Where will Chile establish technical and innovative leadership? See below.).

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Chile South America Venture Capital 335

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2009

Does lean startup xlate into sustainable success where a fast feedback/iteration loop yields market leadership? " Is there a direct, causative link? Did gore tex start lean? Did southwest? August 20, 2009 6:17 PM Stephan Wehner said. Does it make sense to play the customer chase with investors as well?

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

While both Stanford and MIT encouraged commercially oriented research and courted federal research contracts in the postwar years, MITs leadership focused on building relations with government agencies and seeking financial support from established electronics producers. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 68

Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

… In closing, I would like to highlight how we believe that Salzburg can be transformed into a vibrant global center of innovation excellence.

Austria 28

Austria Global Silicon Valley Advisory Board 28

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.) I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.) There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. This is a good thing. (I This is a good thing. (I

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Today Finland officially becomes first nation to make broadband a legal right – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Today Finland officially becomes first nation to make broadband a legal right – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Market Awareness, Visionary Innovation, Focus (discipline), Leadership, Execution Always appreciate your perspective Eric. Thanks for another great article! August 1, 2009 11:07 AM Chris Hopf said. August 1, 2009 2:12 PM Mark Wilden said. I would not say that Apple "iterates, iterates, iterates."

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 166

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Without requiring a lot of meetings, it changes the perspective of the team (and its leadership) from fire-fighting to prevention. Thats the ultimate task for the companys technology leadership. This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out.

Software Review 94

Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

I think people who invest in LP funds ought to take notice of Michael’s leadership position. It is not uncommon to see a team out of Utah, Texas or for that matter Finland with 8-10 developers build iPhone apps that get 10′s of millions of downloads and doing hundreds of millions of monthly page views.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Because of that, we have been judges or speakers at programs in New York geared to investors and startups from Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Eastern Europe, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, the Maghreb, and Portugal. I look forward to seeing our group prosper under Jason’s leadership. 4) Inclusion. HBS Alumni Angels New York'

New York 114

New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

Girls in Tech London picked the top women in 19 countries – the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Greece and Israel – on the basis of their leadership and excellence in innovation and technology.

Latvia 109

Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Respecting, empowering, and including supporters in our campaign in a meaningful way requires a committment to volunteer leadership, development, training, and accountability. We must go beyond engaging volunteers with tasks. Now, I had never volunteered in a campaign before. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Campaign 84

Campaign San Francisco Lean Agile 84

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

So you have countries like Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Finland and many, many more. You make people stay home while the caseload goes down, and you buy yourself time to figure out what to do. What's it been like to be on the other side of that?

South Korea 114

South Korea Silicon Valley Sweden Italy 114