What a day! I absolutely love to be here. And I’m pretty sure you’ll love too – welcome to China! The gate is open, you’re warmly welcome! If you still hesitate, let me introduce you a small-size independent entrepreneur’s normal day here. After reading this, I bet you wanna come too! The amount of…
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HARD THING ABOUT HARD THINGS in CHINA / STARTUP BLOG. Part 1.
“STARTUP BLOG.” Part 1. “HARD THING ABOUT HARD THINGS in CHINA”. Following the example of Ben Horowitz and showing a reality of doing business in China Today I visited Allen, the CEO of WE+, one of the coolest co-working spaces in China. Awesome shaker. We know already almost for 1 year. I helped him to get introduced…
Slush moments #6: ‘Antennas up’ with Virtual Reality
The well-respected sales philosopher and self-help guru Jeffrey Gidomer reminds in his best-selling book Little Red Book of Selling: Keep your antennas up. That’s the advice you need to have in Slush. Antennas up. I got greatly introduced to the Nordic and Finnish VR scene by Finnish Olli (欧利) , whose heading the Finnish VR…
Trump could be the best thing that’s happened to China in a long time
Originally posted on Fareed Zakaria:
By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 Donald Trump has perhaps attacked no country as consistently as China. During his campaign, he thundered that China was “raping” the United States, “killing” us on trade and artificially depressing its currency to make its goods cheap. Since being elected, he has spoken…
Slush as an event experience
Awesome ! Slush is here! Joining actively the two days of exciting Slush extravaganza in Helsinki. Slush is though much more than just the 2 days main event. There’s fantastic pre-programs and side-events. Check more at slush.org/side_events/ . For me Slush as an event experience is pretty much about two things: 1 ) “Reaffirming” your…
@Slush: There’s never been a better time to go to China !
The Black Friday in the USA was a commercial success never seen before. A one day Thanksgiving shopping event sold over $4,5 billion in GMV last year. Another top American shopping date, Cyber Monday, broke a record of 3 billion in 2015. Massive numbers. Massive successes. On the other side of the world,…
The meaning of Slush to me – Do what you love, never give up, don’t fear failure (and learn)
After this year’s Shanghai, Tokyo and Singapore events Slush is back at home in Helsinki. Honoured to join and be part of the coolest startup event in the world. Since 2008 Slush has been changing the way people think about entrepreneurship and reaching and achieving your dreams. I’m particularly fond of the example and inspirational…
Revolutionary startup spirit
Hi folks, today I want to right about student revolutionary energy and Silicon Valley, and what they have to do with each other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrVC5dm5fFc I watched again the classic from 5 years ago, Nicky Romero’s “Toulouse” and got inspired. It brought me back to that historical “revolutionary” times of Occupy Wall Street, Los Podemos,…
Back in action :)
Happy Vappu to all! I’m back in action after a few weeks of holiday. Saw a lot of family members, relaxed without mobile phone, did sports and enjoyed in a Finnish sauna. Prepared also for the next steps. Things look pretty good for now, mind is relaxed and practicalities also fixed. I’ll share more info…
Remains of the day
Has been slightly turbulent times lately. Reminds of what is important. People who are close. Thanks for all your messages and support. Good times are ahead of us. In the times of “crisis”, you start to rethink what is important to you. Why do you do things? I stopped by to think, why on earth…
Slush China – Task is done, work continues
Dear friends, that might be it for now. Slush China is ready to move on to 2016. We’ve done a cool event, opened the gate and bridged the new team with key organizations. Superbig thanks to all who have been creating history on a Slush wagon in China! It’s a good start. I’m likely moving into new…
Day 10; Wrapping Shanghai on the Bund
Here we are in Shanghai! A lot of stuff learnt, great visit. A lot more to do still! 👍 Next from Shanghai back to Beijing, the work for better tomorrow continues!
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