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Kristen Tamm from Futuclass on innovating education with VR and building an EdTech startup
31.08.2023
Futuclass is a Tartu-based EdTech startup on a mission to make learning more engaging with the help of virtual reality. We talked to CEO and Co-Founder Kristen Tamm about why schools should adopt more virtual reality solutions, what’s holding them...
The Pursuit of Scrappiness: Merging the Baltic startup bubbles
27.05.2023
Janis Zeps and Uldis Teraudkalns are co-hosts of The Pursuit of Scrappiness, the popular English-language startup podcast dedicated to actionable and scrappy...
Kadi Saadlo from Hotelbuddy – A Hotelier Turned Into to a Startup Founder
11.05.2023
Kadi Saadlo never dreamed of becoming a startup founder before the Covid-19 pandemic turned her personal and professional life upside down. Today,...
Rasmus Merirand from DoBu: a 16-year-old founder not afraid of taking the plunge
04.05.2023
When most 14-year-olds spend time playing video games and making silly jokes, Rasmus Merirand chose to spend his time watching Youtube videos...
Petri-Jaan Lahtvee and Nemailla Bonturi from ÄIO on finding similarities between academia and entrepreneurship
26.04.2023
ÄIO is an Estonian biotech company that is employing precision fermentation to valorize side-streams from agriculture, food industry and forestry into high-quality...
Oleksandra Bernatska from Skyworker: The war gave us a push to do things we had been afraid to do before
20.10.2022
Oleksandra Bernatska is Co-founder & Chief Product Officer at Skyworker, one of the fastest-growing recruitment startups in Europe. Founded in Ukraine in...
Kalev Kärpuk from Adact: Founders should learn more from the mistakes of others
12.04.2022
Kalev Kärpuk is the CEO and founder of Adact, a young gamification marketing startup that allows companies to create engaging gamification campaigns...
Designer Liis Tiisvelt from iLLIMOR loves making sustainable apparel for startups
26.03.2022
Liis Tiisvelt is a designer and founder of the clothing brand iLLIMOR, which is characterized by sustainability – all clothes are produced...
Kristo Kraft from Ringy: Sharing your good ideas with others helps you move forward
11.03.2022
Kristo Kraft is the CEO of Ringy, a circular economy company that aims to reduce the waste of natural resources through refurbishing...
Avely Marjapuu and Toomas Häide from Naine.fit: Success starts with baby steps, both in business and fitness
27.01.2022
Avely Marjapuu and Toomas Häide are founders of Naine.fit, an online fitness platform offering women a variety of training programs, healthy recipes...
Dan Michaeli: “I believe it is crucial to understand that ‘startup’ is just a phase. It’s a temporary stage when an organization is searching for its business model.”
24.08.2021
Dan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Glia – a digital customer service platform that allows businesses to interact with their customers...
Few things I learned at a startup and implemented at Microsoft
10.08.2021
Henn Ruukel is a Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft. They provide Fraud and Spam prevention services for Microsoft calling and messaging features...
Genia Trofimova: “Everybody wants to believe that they know something well, but it is only our assumption about the world”
17.06.2021
Genia Trofimova is the CEO and co-founder of Introwise, a platform that helps everyday experts easily earn money online. Coaches, consultants, social...
Katrina Laks: “Knowing that we can make people’s lives better inspires us.”
17.05.2021
Migrevention is a young startup that scored a victory at BioHackathon 2020 competition. Despite the challenges of the past year, they have...
Toms Niparts: “If the problem lets you sleep peacefully, you probably should find fulfillment from another place.”
16.04.2021
Toms Niparts is the CEO and Co-Founder of Jeff App, the winner of sTARTUp Pitching 2020. Jeff’s mission is to make financing...
10 valuable lessons from a founder of a fast-growing startup and their first investor
08.03.2021
As a founder, choosing a great investor and collecting as much value as possible without losing control can be very tricky. Aleks...
Henri Klemmer: ”We are at the beginning of a significant green transition and digitization trend, which puts us in an ideal position.”
05.03.2021
Henri Klemmer is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hepta Airborne. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Tartu, Hepta Airborne automates the analysis...
Carlos Paniagua: “Take risks that won’t kill you. But take risks!”
04.02.2021
Carlos is the CTO and Co-Founder of Glia – a digital customer service platform that allows consumers to interact with their choice...
Melissa Sassi: "I turned my worst nightmare into my superpower and you can too!"
16.01.2021
Melissa is the Chief Penguin of IBM Z – Student & Entrepreneur Experience, focused on empowering early-stage startups through technology and business...
Marion Teder: “The continuous learning process goes according to what the world has to offer.”
17.12.2020
Marion Teder is the founder and CEO of CareMate – a platform that helps people needing home care assistance meet their personal...
Female Founders: Don't be Afraid to Believe in Yourself
10.09.2020
On August 26, Female Founders Meetup brought together 75 female entrepreneurs at Naissaar – the women’s island. Karen K. Burns and Hedi...
Female Founders Meetup Kickstarted a Community
02.07.2020
Despite there are so many powerful women in the startup community, only about 15% of startups in the world are founded by...
Milda Mitkute, founder of Vinted: “Being a leader and being an expert are two different things”
10.02.2020
Milda Mitkute is the co-founder of the online marketplace Vinted, where people sell and buy second-hand clothes. With more than 13+ million...
Sacha Michaud - Co-founder, Glovo: “We’ve been able to rise to the top by being faster, more focused and more efficient”
10.02.2020
Sacha Michaud is an English entrepreneur who has founded several companies during his career, for example, one of the largest Spanish internet...
Ivar Kruusenberg, CEO of PowerUp Energy Technologies: “Running a science-based company takes a lot of persistence”
26.01.2020
Ivar Kruusenberg is the CEO and founder of PowerUp Energy Technologies. After a long career as the University of Tartu scientist, he...
Kadri Tuisk: “Many problems an entrepreneur faces are new even to the world”
17.01.2020
Hero of the Week Kadri Tuisk is the founder and CEO of Clanbeat - a personal growth support tool helping people to...
Stenver Jerkku: “Even if everything seems to fail, always look for learning opportunities.”
06.12.2019
Stenver Jerkku is a software engineer, a leader, a public speaker and an entrepreneur but most importantly – the co-founder and COO...
Hero of the Week - Mari Joller: “I want to reinvent how people search for audio”
29.11.2019
Mari Joller is an Estonian tech entrepreneur living in New York, who builds companies that are enabled by artificial intelligence (AI). She...
Hero of the Week - Kristjan Maruste: “I decided that failing my startup would just equal an MBA"
22.11.2019
Kristjan Maruste is the CEO and co-founder of Comodule that creates a universal operating system to digitize light vehicles such as electric...
Raine Toss (k u u l design): “Each failure is necessary for growth”
15.11.2019
Raine Toss is the founder and designer of the Estonian clothing brand k u u l. The brand was initially created by...
Priit Alamäe: “Our projects are shown as an example for other institutions in different countries”
29.10.2019
Priit Alamäe has been known in Estonia as an entrepreneurial activist for more than 20 years mainly for being the co-founder and...
Martin Kristerson: "Teamwork makes the dream work"
24.10.2019
Martin Kristerson is the founder and CEO of UpSteam – one of the fastest-growing early-stage startups of Estonia. While he was getting...
Laura Dekker: “Fighting for your dreams and goals is always worth it!”
15.10.2019
Laura Dekker is the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone. At the age of 14, while her peers were...
Ardo Kaurit - the Estonian Young Entrepreneur of the Year!
11.10.2019
Ardo Kaurit started building electric bicycles with two friends 5 years ago. At first, it was more of a side-hobby besides motor...
Milda Mitkute: “Cultural Fit is More Important than Professional Skills”
04.10.2019
Milda Mitkute is the co-founder of Vinted – the largest pre-loved fashion marketplace. The idea for Vinted came from Milda’s own shopping...
Keith Siilats’ Words of Wisdom to Future Founders: “Start After You’ve Put Aside Enough Money From Your Day Job.”
16.09.2019
Keith Siilats is an entrepreneur, co-founder, and CTO of Bolt Mobility, a company that's developing and renting electric scooters. This spring, Bolt...
Kaarel Kotkas: “If you have momentum you have everything.”
31.01.2019
Kaarel Kotkas is a founder and CEO of Veriff. He is the brain and driving power behind Veriff who inspires the team...
Jevgeni Kabanov shared his lessons learned on building a great product
24.01.2019
Jevgeni Kabanov built his first company at an early age of 16. Already then he made thousands of dollars building software. Unlike...
Roger Dickey: “Culture can get you through tough times.”
24.01.2019
Roger Dickey is a serial entrepreneur, active angel investor and founder of Gigster. He gave us 22 sharp lessons from his life...
Laurie Louvet, CEO of LEEVE: “Being an Entrepreneur Means Facing New Adventures and Challenges Every Day.”
17.12.2018
Laurie Louvet is a true traveller who believes that learning new languages opens doors and makes people to become more understanding about...