The last few days in Finland

2009 November 1

On Thursday i arranged a bunch of private meeting, Some of the companies were:

http://www.prewise.com
http://www.greyarealabs.com/
https://www.scred.com/


On Friday morning we all headed to the Helsinki Living Lab which also has the Arabia factory. They are known for their design with the brand Ittala.


Mika told me about Barcamp Helsinki, so decided to head there on saturday and hang with a few Finn geeks. Interestingly, i found some of the same challenges faced in South Africa for startups are faced in Finland, just like in South Africa, failure is not an option and if you have failed it is often viewed negatively.

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