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What it’s like to found a startup in Estonia

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I happen to be from Estonia, a small, but fiercely proud country near the Baltic Sea, one with a burgeoning startup scene that’s full of driven, intelligent and hungry entrepreneurs. The startup attitude. You’ll also find a much more committed mindset in Estonia than you will in California. Interpretations for failure.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

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Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. At the same time we have several culturally-driven attitudes holding us back. So is the Dutch tech startup story sold short? Not in my view.