As you can see on the side of the page, I need your votes! Peter Robinett rallied the troops and submitted a SXSW panel on the European startup scene, and we’d love your support so we can go to Austin next Spring and tell everyone what’s up! There’s a strong …
Category Archives: startups
August 27
2009
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ArcticEvenings part of the fabric of a healthy city
This Tuesday we held our 5th ArcticEvening event in the cozy premises of Dubrovnik Lounge & Lobby in the heart of Helsinki. The events are slowly becoming the corner stone of the community or the ‘social network’ of entrepreneurs we are so eager to bring together across the Nordic and …
Thomas Friendman thinks like Finland. Both should think again
Thomas Friedman, a New York Times reporter and an author, writes how US should invest in and bet on potential the future successes instead of bailing out the dying Detroit car manufacturers. You don’t need to be rocket scientist to come to this conclusion, even though nationalistic feelings can make …
The Story How Jaiku Was Born
I have never heard the full story of Jaiku until now that I found Viktoria’s Tiburon-TV video interview with Petteri from last November. I have been a user and a big fan of Jaiku ever since the summer of 2006, when I met Jyri over a lunch at Via (RIP) …
Slush is coming to Helsinki
Slush, a new event for startups by startup taking place in Helsinki, Finland is coming to town 24th November and I wanted to give you guys a heads up. I am organizing the event with Helene of Zipipop, Kaitsu of Floobs and Peter of Mobile Monday, but that’s not why …
It's not rocket surgery
David Heinemeier Hansson (from Ruby on Rails fame) has a very healthy perspective on making money online which is often lost when running circles around buzz words and reading popular press articles speculating Microsoft acquiring Yahoo for billions of dollars. Making money online by setting up your own startup and …
Thanks guys!
A big thank you to everybody who were part of the startup event we organized with Arctic Startup! You guys made my night and convinced me that entrepreneurship is live and kicking in Finland. Thanks guys! …but make no mistake, this is just the start and to make it as …
Finland is happening
We are organizing a new type of an event with the Arctic Startup guys this Thursday at Dubrovnik Lounge and Lobby in Helsinki. Speakers include an impressive line of Finland based startups: Vailoma, Whatamap.com, Floobs and MySit.es, which is also sponsoring the event. Mysit.es is a new Finland based company …
