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The Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

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. Part 2 with more observations about Finland and the Lessons Learned will follow shortly.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Europe’s Metaverse Market

ReadWriteStart

Europe’s Metaverse Market: Niche Operators and Start-ups While the US and Asia dominate the Metaverse market , Europe has yet to establish a major presence in the industry. Even though Finland offers free and high-quality education, it cannot compete with Silicon Valley regarding salaries.

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The Helsinki Spring

ReadWriteStart

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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3 leaders shaking up Finland’s tech scene

The Next Web

The country that gave birth to Nokia, Angry Birds and the Linux operating system is continuing to pop out startups. 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.

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How to Create a Perfect Customer Experience

Duct Tape Marketing

Let’s say you operate a party planning business. Right now, Peter Sandeen is probably sailing with his wife and dogs while the weather is still warm (he lives in Finland). If you give poor reasons to buy your product or service, people won’t buy. Have you been disappointed by a purchase? What expectations weren’t met?

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

across the country, as well as operating over 35 active in-country payroll solutions for those working overseas. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution. Generate is proud to work with the UK’s leading recruitment agencies, offering a streamlined service for contractors engaged on assignments.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I like the term because of two connotations: Lean in the sense of low-burn. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal. The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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