Nordic Venture Family

15/09/2015

Maple team is taking their initial public steps. Here's a greeting to celebrate the occasion.

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Our goal is to enable the users of Maple to share their important links and news, read what is relevant in the organization and communicate to each other in a safe and clutter-free environment.

26/07/2014

"In technology, you can fail at a startup and then get a job at Google. In music if you fail, you can't go and join Radiohead" - Ian Hogarth, Songkick

01/06/2014

"Rocket starts companies, hires staff and provides marketing, design and management know-how until the fledgling company can fend for itself."

Samwer Brothers’ business model seems to be working? ;)

Read More: Samwers Brothers’ Rocket Internet Said to Seek IPO http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-30/samwer-brothers-rocket-internet-said-to-consider-ipo.html

15/05/2014

When and why should you raise venture capital?

If you have a scalable business and your product/market fit is excellent, seeking venture capital is the right choice

11/05/2014

Join us on Wednesday. Such Much Cool Startups. WOW!

Agenda:

"How to Hack a Conference",
Dmitri Sarle, CEO of Arctic Startup

"Startup as a Family",
Tuomas Vuori, Nordic Venture Family

"New Age Property Business: Investing in Emotions",
Terhi Raitanen, Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt

TBC, Tatu Patronen, Super Analytics
TBC, Jukka Laakso, Rival Games Ltd


More info: http://www.arcticstartup.com/2014/05/10/showcasing-turkus-best-at-arcticevening-next-week-pitching-talks-free-beer

It's gonna be awesome. See yah!

ps. We are arranging a crazy-ass after party on the boat. Like this post to stay updated when everything is settled.



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Showcasing Turku's Best at ArcticEvening Next Week: Pitching, Talks, Free Beer By Ian Anderson, May 10, 2014, Leave a CommentArctic15: Exit Path still looms high on the horizon as the preparations for our third edition of ArcticStartup’s own conference become ever more frantic. While the main event…

09/05/2014

Trough of Sorrow - The Startup Curve by Paul Graham

Paul Graham essays are Chicken Soup for the Startup Soul.

Whenever you're in the dreaded startup "trough of sorrow," read some of his essays to get you pumped again. Just go to paulgraham.com and start browsing by title. Some of my favorites:

"What Startups are Really Like"
http://paulgraham.com/really.html

"Why to Not Not Start a Startup"
http://paulgraham.com/notnot.html

"Six principles for making new things"
http://paulgraham.com/newthings.html

"The 18 mistakes that kill startups."
http://paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html

Enjoy your weekend!

- NVF team

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Aalto Entrepreneurship Society
Boost Turku
Rainmaking Loft
Startupbootcamp
Finnish Business Angels Network - Fiban

07/05/2014

Such WOW

Mobile is mentioned a grand total of 254 times in Alibaba's IPO filing out today -- underscoring the influence that phones and tablets have on Alibaba's..

07/05/2014

“The teams that win are always experimenting — always determined to grow their market share.” http://ow.ly/wz9co

When LinkedIn went public in 2011, its share price soared over 100% on its first day of trading to the amazement of traders and tech investors. The media went wild, and the company’s subsequent public market success helped pave the way for the Facebook and Twitter IPOs. But despite the jolt it deliv…

05/05/2014

What's a valuation trap? Read here:

The Valuation TrapThere is a long article on Square and Box in TechCrunch this weekend. I am not sold on the arguments the author makes about the commodity nature of both products. But the author makes a point at the end in a section called “The Valuation Trap” that I very much agree with:A second i…

25/04/2014

How should should startups do financial planning? Some good advice available in the newest Venture blog:

Everything financial is a reflection of the real world and thus they can’t be planned separately. Whatever you do, stay away from conventional budgeting methods.

20/04/2014

AirBnB rocks!

TechCrunch has learned that Airbnb, the fast-growing site that lets people become hoteliers by renting out sofas, rooms or entire private homes, has now..

14/04/2014

Nordic Venture Family's Tuomas speaking on how does one end up as a startup entrepreneur event.