The news of Google closing down some of its non-profitable services is just the beginning of what we will see during the coming times. Either popular websites and services will start to be closed or something has to change in how they make their income. Sure, web services are closed down all the time because… Continue reading This is just the beginning
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Join ArcticEvening Tallinn on January 28th
Together between ArcticStartup, Connect Estonia and OpenCoffee Tallinn we are organising a kick-ass tech startup event: ArcticEvening on January 28th in Tallinn. The evening will include pitches from 2 Estonian and 2 Finnish startups, a panel between Sten Tamkivi from Skype, Allan Martinson from MTVP and a special Finnish guest, followed by drinks and networking.… Continue reading Join ArcticEvening Tallinn on January 28th
10 reasons startups love recession
Love and hate go hand in hand. Today there are many negative thoughts among tech startups because of the global recession. At least here in Estonia I believe things will get even much worse during the next 6-18 months. So to create some positive aura, here are some thoughts (in no certain order) why we… Continue reading 10 reasons startups love recession
Future OpenCoffee Club Tallinn events
OpenCoffee Club Tallinn is celebrating its 1 year anniversary soon, yipee! The recent events have had over 50 participants, both old and new. So if you happen to be in Tallinn, why not drop by and meet both local and foreign tech people and investors. The best way to get event notifications is to join… Continue reading Future OpenCoffee Club Tallinn events
Interview on ArcticStartup
Antti from ArcticStartup (the best blog on Nordic and Baltic startup scene) was recently nice enough to do an interview with me. If you are interested on opinion rather than facts, I suggest you scroll down to the second part of the posting. Stagnation and domination of large telcos and media companies among top Estonian… Continue reading Interview on ArcticStartup
OpenCoffee Tallinn on June 5th
Once again the OpenCoffee Club Tallinn event takes place in Tallinn, Estonia. We meet on the first Thursday of the month at Scotland Yard Pub, Mere pst 6E, on June 5th, 9-11 AM. Opencoffee Club Tallinn events are usually attended by 20-50 persons from all areas of startups and technology, a bunch of great people.… Continue reading OpenCoffee Tallinn on June 5th
OpenCoffee Tallinn this Thursday
Our second OpenCoffee Tallinn Club event will take place already this Thursday, 9-11 AM, at Scotland Yard Pub, Mere pst 6E, Tallinn. The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow, and the movement is now active in over 78 cities across the… Continue reading OpenCoffee Tallinn this Thursday
CV Market jobsites sold for up to 8.9 mEUR
CV Market, a regional network of Baltic and Eastern European online recruitment sites, was sold last week to a group of investors consisting of Digital Sky Technologies Limited, Tiger Global Private Investment Partners IV ja Bexley International Investments Limited, according to news published in Estonia. The deal size is announced as “up to 8.9 mEUR.”… Continue reading CV Market jobsites sold for up to 8.9 mEUR
Nagi 9 months after launch & Fotoalbum.ee
AldasK asked in my Nagi launch posting’s comments: “Have read the post about the launch of nagi.ee with interest. More than six months have passed since the launch, though. Can we expect an update on how the service is doing? ” We have been busy, but here is a quick update. Back in March we… Continue reading Nagi 9 months after launch & Fotoalbum.ee
Estonian Rate Solutions conquers Europe
Social networking company Rate Solutions, which runs the hugely successful MySpace-like Rate.ee in Estonia, has launched their first Western European sites Alfa in Finland, Zamba in Belgium and Limpa in Netherlands. The goal of Rate is very ambitious, to be the leading social networking player across Europe with their local sites, entering a very crowded… Continue reading Estonian Rate Solutions conquers Europe