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S1E5 EUROPEAN SILICON VALLEY, NOKIA 3310, the difference between STARTUPS in the USA and EUROPE and “NOT A HOSPITAL” w/ VILLE SIMOLA of MARIA01


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GUEST BIO - SUMMARY - SOCIAL - 3 ANSWERS - FREE RESOURCES - TOOLS I USE

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 GUEST BIO

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Ville Simola is the CEO of Maria01. This is the leading  leading startup hub  in the Nordic’s. After their planned expansion it will be  Largest Startup and Venture Campus in Europe!

Ville was at the beginning of the startup scene in Finland. In 2010 he was the co-founder of Startup Sauna. This program targeted for early-stage startup companies in a sense you could say it had some similarities to Maria01.

 

Around the same time he was also part of a startup himself: Checkmylevel their goal was to monitor and optimise your training readiness and recovery.

 

Ville was here responsible for the Marketing and back then he was also training for a triathlon, a milestone (according to me) is 2018, in that year he participated in the ironman race. This is considered one of the most difficult oneway sport events in the world.

 

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SUMMARY

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We kick this episode off with talking about the Startup Sauna and the Sauna culture in Finland.

A big part of this interview is dedicated to European startup scene. More specially: we dive into the creation of a European Silicon Valley. the differences between startups in the USA and Europe, how to recognise a potential  Unicorn company and how to convince investors.

 

On the lighter side we talk about Nokia 3310, “Not a hospital” and a lot more.

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SOCIAL

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• KARTENT

WEBSITE: https://maria.io/

INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/mariazeroone/?hl=en

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maria.io/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MariaZeroOne

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mariazeroone/

 

 

• MADE IN EUROPE 

WEBSITE https://www.madeineurope.group/

INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/made_in_europe_podcast/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUfdRROXtM1OeDNcrlYyw5g

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13854146/

 

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3 ANSWERS

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Should we make a European Silicon Valley?

how to recognise a potential Unicorn company?

What would you do if you can’t use your phone, tablet and laptop for 2 weeks?

 

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FREE RESOURCES

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For extra's such as pictures and links to mentioned things go to the transcript on www.madeineurope.group

 

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TOOLS I USE

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Accusonus for getting rid of noise.

Riverside.fm for recording

 

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Made in EuropeBy BAS VAN DER VEER