Showing posts with label Plug & Play Tech Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plug & Play Tech Center. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 July 2013

Innovative Estonia & the Skype Phenomenon!!!!!!!!!


On Friday, June 28th, 2013 at 9:00am at the Plug & Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale Enterprise Estonia Silicon Valley held their Innovative Estonia & the Skype Phenomenon event. In truth I do not know much about Estonia, except it has an obscure language and unenviable weather that produces more startups per head of population than any other country in Europe.

There does appear to be an Estonian secret sauce that brought us Kazaa and Skype and continues to grow the next generation of startups going global.

If you are an entrepreneur, you will learn if the fledgling tech tiger Estonia is the best place to start your next start-up or out-source your development. If you are an investor, you might find the next Skype. You will see and hear from established players and young hot startups.

Here are some videos of the event. Opening Remarks: Andrus Viirg, Enterprise Estonia Silicon Valley
Keynote: Disruptive Innovation & Entrepreneurship Steve Jurvetson, General Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ):



Tuesday, 2 July 2013

The Skype Phenomenon and e-Estonia!!!!!!!!



On Friday June 28th, 2013 at Plug & Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale there was a panel on The Skype Phenomenon and e-Estonia that included:
  • Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia (via Skype link from Tallinn)
  • Steve Jurvetson, General Partner, DFJ
  • Taavet Hinrikus, Employee #1 at Skype, Founder and Executive Chairman, TransferWise
  • Scott Miller, Strategic Partnerships, Skype USA
  • Taavi Kotka, IT advisor of The Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Moderator: Cyrus Farivar, Senior Business Editor, Ars Technica