Martin Villig is a Co-Founder of Bolt, one of the most widely known Estonian unicorns valued at $4.75 Bn during the last investment round. Martin has been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years and is an integral part of the Estonian startup community. In recent years, he has been especially active in social impact projects with such initiatives as coding school kood/Johvi and the Good Deed Education Fund for solving acute problems in the education sector.
In this episode we talk about Martin’s entrepreneurship journey including its biggest highlight - Bolt - from origins to philosophy and culture to strategic decisions, scaling and attracting investments. We also discuss what role philanthropy and social impact plays in Martin’s life and why and when other people should engage in such activities. Finally we talk about the Estonian tight-knit startup founders community and how it propels the next unicorn formation.
The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps
[01:15] - MARTIN’s BUSINESS JOURNEY BEFORE BOLT
[04:35] - ON THE ORIGINS OF BOLT
[12:10] - ON DOING MORE WITH LESS & CULTURE OF FRUGALITY
[18:15] - ON UNDERESTIMATED CHALLENGES OF SCALING
[21:50] - ON THE DIDI INVESTMENT
[25:00] - ON THE SUPER APP QUEST
[29:00] - ON SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS & KOOD/JOHVI
[40:40] – ON THE VALUE OF THE ESTONIAN STARTUP COMMUNITY
[47:00] - ADVICE TO YOUNGER SELF
To reach out to Martin use:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldec/
Website: https://martinvillig.com/
Find out more on https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/
Support for this episode comes from Nexpay > https://paynexpay.com/
Support for this episode comes from Venetor > https://www.venetor.co/
===
See the video content exclusively on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/
Questions/suggestions? Join our Telegram group > https://t.me/pursuitofscrappiness
The full interview with Martin is available NOW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts
Support the show
View all episodes
By Uldis Teraudkalns & Janis Zeps
5
11 ratings
Martin Villig is a Co-Founder of Bolt, one of the most widely known Estonian unicorns valued at $4.75 Bn during the last investment round. Martin has been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years and is an integral part of the Estonian startup community. In recent years, he has been especially active in social impact projects with such initiatives as coding school kood/Johvi and the Good Deed Education Fund for solving acute problems in the education sector.
In this episode we talk about Martin’s entrepreneurship journey including its biggest highlight - Bolt - from origins to philosophy and culture to strategic decisions, scaling and attracting investments. We also discuss what role philanthropy and social impact plays in Martin’s life and why and when other people should engage in such activities. Finally we talk about the Estonian tight-knit startup founders community and how it propels the next unicorn formation.
The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps
[01:15] - MARTIN’s BUSINESS JOURNEY BEFORE BOLT
[04:35] - ON THE ORIGINS OF BOLT
[12:10] - ON DOING MORE WITH LESS & CULTURE OF FRUGALITY
[18:15] - ON UNDERESTIMATED CHALLENGES OF SCALING
[21:50] - ON THE DIDI INVESTMENT
[25:00] - ON THE SUPER APP QUEST
[29:00] - ON SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS & KOOD/JOHVI
[40:40] – ON THE VALUE OF THE ESTONIAN STARTUP COMMUNITY
[47:00] - ADVICE TO YOUNGER SELF
To reach out to Martin use:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldec/
Website: https://martinvillig.com/
Find out more on https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/
Support for this episode comes from Nexpay > https://paynexpay.com/
Support for this episode comes from Venetor > https://www.venetor.co/
===
See the video content exclusively on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/
Questions/suggestions? Join our Telegram group > https://t.me/pursuitofscrappiness
The full interview with Martin is available NOW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts
Support the show
8,830 Listeners
1 Listeners
672 Listeners
4 Listeners
9,913 Listeners
72 Listeners
2 Listeners
1,866 Listeners
0 Listeners
1 Listeners
0 Listeners
0 Listeners