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

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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

*********** 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

 GUEST BIO - SUMMARY - SOCIAL - 3 ANSWERS - FREE RESOURCES

If you would like to share your thoughts or feelings on this episode? Go to the transcript on www.madeineurope.group and write something in the comment section.

If you want to hear my thoughts, then listen to afterthought #4. All the Afterthoughts are published on Friday's

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Jan Portheine is one of the founders of KARTENT. As a kid, he lived abroad and went to the International School in Yokohama (JAPAN). In the Netherlands, he got the master's in ARCHITECTURE, which contributed to the creation of KarTent. 

KarTent is a company that makes different cardboard products, but it started making CARDBOARD TENTS. It is a SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION to tent trashing because cardboard tents are easy to recycle or upcycle.

Jan doesn't see himself as an activist, but he can be intrigued with how we do things as humans. He likes ice-skating and, sometimes, he likes to try out something for a week, for example, a week without plastic.

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In this episode, we cover how Jan came up with the idea to use cardboard to create "housing" at the beach. This topic goes hand in hand with the end of the PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE and sustainability. 

Every business has to deal with people who doubt your idea and naysayers. For Kartent, it was not much different. Maybe it was even harder to convince people without having the actual product ready because of cardboard tents... it just sounds odd. Jan shares a FUNNY STORY on how some people responded to him reaching out and offering his product. 

We also dive into the benefits and downsides of growing up abroad such as making friends, schooling, and language. One effect of living abroad that I can very much relate to is LANGUAGE. Over the years, my accent has changed from sounding Dutch to Italian and Eastern European, and sometimes, I am struggling with my native tongue.

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SOCIAL

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• KARTENT

https://kartent.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kartent_webshop/?hl=en

• MADE IN EUROPE 

https://www.madeineurope.group/

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

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

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

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3 ANSWERS

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The effect of growing up abroad as a kid: 00:02:33

The first attempt of using cardboard for "housing": 00:07:09 

Tips on starting a business:  00:12:38

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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

Igor Kluin knows a lot about starting a company and doing business. He is a serial entrepreneur and recently he set a new standard for the yacht industry. With VAAN YACHTS he is creating luxury yachts that can be recycled. In this episode Igor will:

• Talk about the challenges of being a disrupter in the banking world
• Share a (great) tip on how to get investors onboard
• Explain why he started Vaan yachts.

Igor will also give an answer to these questions:

• How do you get off from work?
• Which book helped you a lot
• What advice would you give to people who start a business for the first time?

Did you know that in this transcript you can also:

• Watch Igor starting a speech in a bold way
• Watch a highlight about Focus vs New ideas
• Find everything linkable

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