Estonia, every mention
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Index Ventures Partner, Martin Mignot: Figma, Scale, Wiz: Inside Index’s Decacorn Factory · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 59:48 Martin Mignot In Indonesia versus in Poland or in Estonia, and the same app can do it all.
Larry Aschebrook, Founder & MP @GSquared: How We Lost Money on Uber and Made Millions on Lyft · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:32:59 Larry Aschebrook And, and he's like, well, there's this small business out of Estonia that I'm going to go be the CFO at.
Plural Partner, Taavet Hinrikus: Why Founders Will Realise Multi-Stage Funds Damage Seed Rounds · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 45:11 Taavet Hinrikus Estonia is better part of Europe.
- ▶ 49:40 Taavet Hinrikus And I think there's the capital, everyone is realizing that, uh, defense contributions, you know, we were not at two percent in Europe before Estonia was ahead, but in, and Poland was ahead, but, you know, we need to get to three, four,…
- ▶ 49:58 Harry Stebbings Estonia, Finland, Baltic countries have been ahead for a while.
- ▶ 54:48 Taavet Hinrikus Estonia. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:53 Taavet Hinrikus Estonia is a fantastic country. 2 times in the scene
Markus Villig, Founder @Bolt: The Most Insane Story in Startups & The Future of Self-Driving| E1225 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:57 Harry Stebbings Now, I hear that the start was a 19 year old student in Estonia, uh, who obviously didn't have a driver's license. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:25 Markus Villig So we, we started publishing this on random forums in Estonia, uh, whether it was programming forums or random job sites.
- ▶ 11:56 Markus Villig And, uh, we, we came from a very modest means in Estonia, especially back then, wasn't a rich country.
- ▶ 18:50 Markus Villig We had this good traction going on in Estonia, and then we wanted to raise the first one million seed round to expand. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:44 unnamed speaker You are still respectfully a kid from Estonia, from Tallinn, and you've never been there.
- ▶ 38:20 Markus Villig About five people from Estonia.
- ▶ 42:59 Markus Villig So I remember this one meeting was with a local real estate company in Estonia.
- ▶ 48:01 Harry Stebbings So, so Estonian.
- ▶ 49:26 Markus Villig It was half a million people, very little competition back in the day, so you could probably get them, I mean, Estonia we got going with 5000 bucks.
- ▶ 1:08:04 Markus Villig But then at the end of it, we're like, okay, let's try it out in Estonia. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:08:37 Harry Stebbings Okay, so we have it working in Estonia, then we slowly expand out with micro-mobility?
- ▶ 1:09:50 Markus Villig So, uh, once we had this first traction in Estonia, and it was clear that this is going to be a category we want to do seriously. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:25:21 Harry Stebbings God, fucking Estonians.
Thomas Plantenga & Alex Taussig: Vinted CEO's Ultimate Guide to Scaling Marketplaces | E1114 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:00:09 Alex Taussig When you come from a place where there's not a lot of innovation, like you're the first, you know, Estonian or Lithuanian, you know, startup entrepreneur, and you don't know anyone else who's ever built a company before.
Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 4:57 Sam Corcos I was in Estonia, and I made friends with some random people that were just at a bar, and I ended up going on a road trip with them for several days through like Serbia, Croatia, and like slept on their couch.
DEBATE: State of Seed Investing w/ Jason Lemkin, Sam Lessin, Frank Rotman & Harry Stebbings | E1047 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 6:27 Jason Lemkin I would invest in a funky outsider company like Pipedrive from Estonia or Algolia from France or Toctus from Portugal.
Jason Lemkin: Every VC has a FRAUD in their portfolio; The IPO market is about to EXPLODE | E1046 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 40:54 Jason Lemkin Or Estonia or Paris and no, nobody, but you didn't even get to go through YC, you know, nobody.
Akin Babayigit: How Tripledot Studios Became #1 Fastest-Growing Company in Europe | E1030 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 7:32 Akin Babayigit When you're talking with an Estonian engineer about the, you know, total addressable market or what Skype's position in it, etc.,
- ▶ 9:03 Akin Babayigit Many, many, many interactions with very apt Estonian engineers.
Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 57:59 Ophelia Brown I have a lot of thanks to my partner, Imran, who went to the details of how you could get into another country, and if you were traveling from your primary residence to your other residence, so I, if my Estonian husband could go from…
Jason Lemkin: Cold Email Tips; Why Only 15% of Founders Listen to their VCs | 20VC #954 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:00:29 Jason Lemkin I didn't care where the founder, I invested in Estonia, France, what all these different countries.
David Lieb: How I Founded Google Photos & Bump; Why I Left Google | 20VC #927 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 32:56 David Lieb Um, you have a legal issue in Estonia, like, great, we'll go bring in the Estonian lawyer, and he'll, like, tell you what, what's going on there. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Steve Jurvetson on 20 Years of Friendship with Elon Musk, How To Analyse Market Timing, Why Venture Does Not Scale & Why He Has Never Sold A Share in Any Company He Holds
- ▶ 30:43 Steve Jurvetson My parents were both immigrants from Estonia and came to the U S without much in their back pocket, but at least enough to live, but not really any wealth.
20VC: Andy McLoughlin on The Benefits of Backing Unsexy Businesses with Non-Obvious Founders, How To Distinguish Between A Good Bridge Round and A Bridge To Nowhere & Whether VCs Really Do Add Value?
- ▶ 25:07 Andy McLoughlin Kind of marry that deeper diligence, more conservative, and perhaps a more pessimistic view of the world with the same kind of enthusiasm and, and kind of risk, um, risk-forward attitude that I had as an angel, because I think if I looked…
20VC: The Secret To Building Pattern Recognition, Why MBA Does Not Always Equal Great Founder & What Are The Right Reasons To Start A Company With Hardi Meybaum, General Partner @ Matrix Partners
- ▶ 3:11 Hardi Meybaum And I started this company in Estonia. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:05 Harry Stebbings However, I'd love to hear the hustle that you must have shown coming over from Estonia. 5 times in the scene