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Episode #11 | What's going on in the Baltics?
Thursday, 17 March, 2016
Host: Andrii Degeler Guests: Karoli Hindriks (Jobbatical.com) and Alex Barrera (Press42.com) In this episode of ProCEEd > Podcast, I'm joined by two great guests: Karoli Hindriks, the founder and CEO of Jobbatical.com, and Alex Barrera, a co-founder of Tech.eu and Chief WOWness Officer at Press42.com. We discuss Alex's recent story on the tech scene in the Baltics (http://goo.gl/tN60vf), Jobbatical's recent funding round, and the future of entrepreneurs and startups in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Here's a few highlights of the episode: 01:45 Impressions from TechChill Baltics 04:35 It the Baltics part of the ecosystem of CEE or the Nordics? 10:55 Is it hard to get students to run startups in the Baltics? Do the crisis and the fall of corporations like Nokia help? 15:30 Is technology ruining the world around us? 24:50 Should governments support startup ecosystems by throwing money at entrepreneurs? Enjoy listening, and please leave your feedback here, tweet at @proceed_to, or send me an email at andrii@proceed.to. Don't forget to check out this week's newsletter at http://proceed.to! Intro credit: Shangyne. Jingle credit: Thejack288. Image credit: Robert Anders.
