Atari founder Nolan Bushnell on happiness

In the first episode of Sidetrack, ArcticStartup CEO Dmitri Sarle tells about his side project in oil business.

Music in this episode:
T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental
Otso – BBWLATYWB 
Otso – Slow Motion Pony Ride

ArcticStartup Sidetrack Episode 1 – The Oilman, Dmitri Sarle

In this episode of Sidetrack, Eemeli Aro tells about his side project of bringing Worldcon to Helsinki in 2017. 

You'll find more information of the project at http://www.helsinkiin2017.org/

Music in this episode:
T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental
Scatha – Don't Stop The Mysticism
Sami Häppäri – a–Maa

Sounds in this episode:
Leandros.Ntounis – Crowd in a bar


ArcticStartup Sidetrack Episode 2 – Bidding for Worldcon, Eemeli Aro

In this episode of Sidetrack, Elias Pietilä – the product lead of Wolt – tells about his several side projects ranging from games to perfect circles. One of his projects actually got the Apple design award few years back...

Music in this episode:
T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental
Otso – BBWLATYWB 
Otso – Slow Motion Pony Ride

ArcticStartup Sidetrack Episode 3 – Going in circles with Elias Pietilä

This weeks Sidetrack is a special interview from Arctic15. We had a chance to get to know Ádám Somlai-Fischer, the co-founder of Prezi, who shared his thoughts about being an entrepreneur.

Music in this episode:
T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental

ArcticStartup Sidetrack @Arctic15 – Getting to know Prezi's Ádám Somlai-Fischer

In this episode of Sidetrack, The co-founder of Heimo, Jarno Alastalo, tells about his side project – that includes an interview with a cat.

Music in this episode:
T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental
Otso – Seeking

Sounds in this episode:
El_Wilk – Turning Pages and Flipping through Pages
Cameron – Cat Meow

ArcticStartup Sidetrack Episode 4 – Author and Cat Marketing Blogger Jarno Alastalo

In this episode of Sidetrack, The co-founder of IRC-Galleria, Jari Jaanto, tells about the impact of Finland's first social media service.

Music in this episode:
T.H.E. – Soul Instrumental
Otso – Seeking

ArcticStartup Sidetrack Episode 5 – Going through the story of IRC-Galleria with Jari Jaanto

At Stockholm Tech Fest, we asked eight companies to give us one minute pitches so we could introduce as many Swedish companies after the event as possible.

The Next Swedish Unicorns? 8 Pitches from Sthlm Tech Fest

We met with Solu Founder Kristoffer Lawson to have an hands on preview on the world's smallest personal computer – which is also the world's first computer as a service. 

Solu is now live on Kickstarter – Listen how Lawson with his team are getting ready to change the world of personal computing.

Interview With Solu Founder Kristoffer Lawson

Meet Gisges, A Helsinki-based Startup enabling one to send small and personalized surprises to your close ones. 

In this interview, the co-founder of Gisges Antti Kaihlanen and the product lead Sabrina Viitasaari tell about their concept – And how they're making physical experiences possible through digital platform.

Meet Gisges – The Social Treating App That Enables You To Be More Present

We tested SoundShade – the soothing nature and noise background sound system – at our office. Here's a sample of one sound combination that we do miss during the Scandinavian winter: Nordic midsummer by the lake.

Review: Sample of SoundShade – The Nordic Midsummer

Vessla co-founder Carl and Caml co-founder Tommi practised the night before Polar Bear Pitching at Tuira beach in Oulu.

Pre-Polar Bear Pitching 2016: Vessla and Caml pitchers practising in Oulu waters

"We are on the right path – companies are able to raise bigger rounds. Wolt raised $11 million earlier this year, Enevo received $15 million, and Kiosked raised $30 million in Series B funding. Plus, the amount of external funding to Finnish companies has grown in the last few years. To me, those are clearly good signs of a growing ecosystem"
The full article here: http://arcticstartup.com/article/finnish-ecosystem-exits/

Timo Ahopelto, Lifeline Ventures On Role of Exits in Finnish Ecosystem

“Exits do happen in Finland, it’s just their monetary value is not high enough. We didn’t have mega exits except for Supercell, and that affects our position when it comes to statistics.”

The full article here: http://arcticstartup.com/article/finnish-ecosystem-exits/

Tom Henriksson, Open Ocean Capital On Role of Exits in Finnish Ecosystem

“When talking about great exits, people tend to think rare B2C unicorns. Not many talks about enterprise SW or more in general B2B, but the number of exits on that front is actually quite promising.”

The full article here: arcticstartup.com/article/finnish-ecosystem-exits/

Jarkko Penttila, Conor Venture Partners On Role of Exits in Finnish Ecosystem

Our today’s guest is a 4th Generation venture capitalist. He has driven investments in companies like Robinhood, Laurel & Wolf, Tempo Automation, Samba TV among others. He worked in operations at Facebook and was listed in the Forbes' '30 Under 30' List for Venture Capital in 2016.

Welcome Billy Draper from Draper Associates! We asked Billy what does he think about fundraising and what are the biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs have in relation to that?

Arctic15 Podcast - Billy Draper - Episode 1

We met Reshma Sohoni, co-founder of Seedcamp at Arctic15 and asked her why investors are so hyped about the early-stage startups, and what the early-stage startups should do to maximise their chances for success. Tune in!

Arctic15 Podcast - Reshma Sohoni - Episode 2

In this episode we talk with Joe Schorge, Founder and Manager Partner at Isomer Capital about the relationships between investors and their LPS. Joe has served as an LP, GP and technology operations executive, so he knows first hand what these relations are all about. Tune in!

Arctic15 Podcast - Joe Schorge - Episode 3

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