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How to pitch complex ideas to any investor
19.02.2026
Kerli Luks (Muun Health) and Terje Eichelmann (Lightcode Photonics) discussed one of the hardest problems in fundraising: how to explain highly complex, science-heavy products to investors. The seminar was moderated by Seren Rumjancevs (Dealum).
The Defence Economy: Investments That Shape Tomorrow’s Safety
19.02.2026
In today’s geopolitical reality, defence is no longer a niche sector driven by political cycles. It has become a structural part of...
AI Act & GDPR: The Rules That Can Make or Break Your Startup
16.02.2026
Many startups believe regulation is something they can deal with later — after traction, after funding, after product–market fit. At sTARTUp Day,...
Ask for What You’re Worth: real stories behind confidence, careers, and growth in tech
16.02.2026
At sTARTUp Day, the seminar Ask for What You’re Worth: Your Unapologetic Playbook for Growth From Women in Tech tackled a question...
Why Nobody Cares About Your Brand on Social (and How to Fix It)
16.02.2026
Most brands are not ignored on social media because they are bad. They are ignored because they are forgettable. At sTARTUp Day,...
From Overwhelm to Ownership: The Hidden Patterns That Separate Breakthrough Founders from Burnout
16.02.2026
In startups, pressure is often treated as a temporary phase — something to push through until things calm down. At sTARTUp Day,...
From Ideas to Impact: What Drives Tomorrow’s Companies?
16.02.2026
Building companies that matter is rarely about having the perfect idea. More often, it is about curiosity, speed, and the willingness to...
When do you know that enough is enough?
16.02.2026
Founders are told to “never give up.” Real life is more complicated. At sTARTUp Day, Anne-Liisa Elbrecht (Head of Tehnopol Startup Incubator)...
Burning My Academic Career to Build Deep Tech in the Valley of Death
16.02.2026
Leaving academia to build a deep-tech company is often framed as a bold career move. At sTARTUp Day, the keynote Burning My...
How We Raised $72M and Sold to Netflix: A Decade of Building Ready Player Me
16.02.2026
Startup stories often sound clean and inevitable in hindsight. Funding rounds, logos, exits — everything appears to follow a straight line. At...
AI in Content Production: Augmenting, Not Replacing, Creative Craft
10.02.2026
Artificial intelligence is often framed as a threat to creative work — a force that will replace artists, automate storytelling, and flood...
XR 2.0: Emerging Potential After the Hype Collapse
10.02.2026
For more than two decades, XR has repeatedly been described as the next big thing. Each wave of hype promised mass adoption,...
Founder’s Guide to Networking at Startup Conferences: What Actually Works
10.02.2026
Networking is often described as a necessary evil of startup life. Something founders know they should do, but rarely feel comfortable doing...
Why Great Science Fails — and How to Build Ventures That Don’t
09.02.2026
Great science alone does not build great companies. This uncomfortable truth sits at the heart of many deep-tech failures — not just...
Founder-Led Growth: How Real Voices Turn LinkedIn into a Revenue Channel
09.02.2026
LinkedIn is often described as necessary but uncomfortable. Many founders know they should be active there, yet hesitate — worried about sounding...
Creativity drives the game in both research and entrepreneurship
09.02.2026
Although creativity has often been associated primarily with the fine arts, no field of life can do without it, least of all...
Startup Talk for Youth: how to take your first steps and learn from founders’ mistakes
09.02.2026
At sTARTUp Day, Startup Talk for Youth: How to Make Your First Steps and What We Can Learn from Founders brought together...
Creating a good life: Rainer Olbri on dreaming, routine, and meaningful work
22.01.2026
For Rainer Olbri, dreaming is less about setting goals and more about paying attention to what genuinely interests him. As Bolt’s Creative...
The Ultimate Truth of Success
21.01.2026
By Dr Asif Chowdhury All of us would like to win; we do not want to discover ourselves on the losing side....
Kyrylo Martyniuk: Growing up in war and building a defence startup at 18
20.01.2026
For Kyrylo Martyniuk, war has been a reality for much of his life. He grew up during a period in which conflict...
The Science of Happiness: A Conversation with Dr. Axel Bouchon
19.01.2026
Dr. Axel Bouchon is a neuroscientist, biochemist, author, and serial entrepreneur whose work explores one central question: what makes our brains truly...
Patents for startups: Have I got an invention?
13.01.2026
Patent protection is seen as valuable asset by many startups and investors. It can also give commercial advantages over the competition. While...
From medicine to MIT: Marius Ursache on the mindset behind building innovation-driven companies
09.01.2026
Marius Ursache has built his career across medicine, design, entrepreneurship, and AI. This path looks unconventional from the outside, but reveals a...
Julia Bialetska on people, persistence, and the cost of leadership
07.01.2026
Julia Bialetska is the Co-founder and CEO of S.Lab, a company creating natural alternatives to foamed plastic. With a background in biotechnology...
Dejan Davidovic on building a crypto company that chooses integrity over hype
02.01.2026
Dejan Davidovic is the co-founder and Chief Operations and Integrity Officer of Kriptomat, a licensed crypto investment platform serving hundreds of thousands...
Building With Purpose: Sultan Akif on Growth, Impact and the Good Life
25.11.2025
Sultan Akif will take the stage at sTARTUp Day 2026 to share how founders can build startups that grow fast and make...
Speaker Contest winner Max Simmonds on why children’s data isn’t safe
14.11.2025
This year’s sTARTUp Day Speaker Contest brought together dozens of inspiring ideas, but one topic stood out above the rest. Max Simmonds,...
Between Top Executive and Startup Founder: Rain Vääna’s Honest Comparison of Two Worlds
04.11.2025
Rain Vääna, a man who knows exactly what it means to start from scratch, will take the sTARTUp Day stage. After more...