&gt; Estonia has quite a few disadvantages - a tiny home market, a winter that seems to go on forever (although the weather was lovely for our visit), and poor connections with the rest of Europe.<p>The weather? Sweden and Finland both have longer winters and it has not stopped them.
Poor connections? Estonians are everywhere (London, NYC, SF) and their tech companies are all &quot;global first&quot;, with investors from around the world and targeting the global market directly.