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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Finland

The Next Web

Although Finland has the lowest population in the EU, it’s responsible for 10 percent of global startup exits. Finland’s startup scene is packed with networking events and workshops which bring the community together…… This story continues at The Next Web. Internally, the Finnish startup scene is extremely connected.

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Why Coordinated Adaptive Action Networks Are Replacing Teams

YoungUpstarts

Where old-school companies depended on traditional teams to get work done, today’s more flux-friendly organizations are embracing what I dubbed Coordinated Adaptive Action Networks , or CAAN s for short. These groups use Adaptive Action in coordinated networks to accomplish challenging and complex tasks quickly, cheaply, and efficiently.

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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. Even though Finland offers free and high-quality education, it cannot compete with Silicon Valley regarding salaries.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts). Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, located just across the Bay of Finland from Helsinki.

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Snowflakes in the Valley: What Happens When 40 Nordic Entrepreneurs Visit Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

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 Pay-It-Forward Culture

Steve Blank

Foreign visitors to Silicon Valley continually mention how willing we are to help, network and connect strangers. They also set up ethnic-centric networks like TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur) and the Chinese Software Professionals Association where they shared information about how the valley worked as well as job and investment opportunities.

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The United Nations: a Network of Networks

Reid Hoffman

The short answer is networks and entrepreneurship. Networks enable communication, collaboration, and coordination that in turn enable innovation. Entrepreneurs find the right innovations from networks and build them into products and services with business models. So, let’s start with networks.