Pitching Competitions Are For Rockstars, Not Entrepreneurs
What is the purpose of pitching events? To find the best startups? Perhaps the top entrepreneurs? If so, are they really the best tools for the job?
Afteral...
Opinion
Survey: What do you think about accelerators?
In the next issue of CoFounder we're digging into accelerators and with it, we need your opinion.We're putting together a little poll to figure out what our rea...
Startups And Monetisation
Editorial note: this post was originally published at my personal blog, but since it has sparked some good discussion I thought we should publish it on ArcticSt...
The Real Industry Transformers, Where Are They?
Most of the startups we cover here on ArcticStartup are somehow affiliated with the consumer internet or disrupt their market in such a way that small businesse...
There Is Room For More Cross-Border Collaboration In Northern Europe
When ArcticStartup got started towards the end of 2007, we set out originally to cover Finnish startups and technology focused growth companies. In just 6 month...
Finnish Awesomeness and Entrepreneurship
Editor's note: This is written by a Finnish entrepreneur Riitta Raesmaa, who wanted to cast her voice about her home country. We're glad to publish similar ar...
The Move Towards Supporting The Markets
Last week we covered how Finnish tax payers were forced to give publicly listed companies more than 40 million euros through Tekes. The argument from Tekes' sid...