UPVESTOR

Upvestors Ilona Nurmela, PhD and Anne Veerpalu, PhD
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You’re listening to Upvestor podcast which is about people who have decided to not settle for less and have committed to take responsibility of their lives and successes. Upvestor is a person with a growth mindset who is entrepreneurial, determined, inspiration to many, and is true to themselves. Upvestor hosts are Ilona Nurmela, PhD and Anne Veerpalu, PhD Ilona Nurmela is a coach, a mediator, a lecturer and a writer. More about her here: https://ilonanurmela.mediator.ee/ Anne Veerpalu is an attorney-at-law, a founder, a lecturer and a basketball enthusiast. More about her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneveerpalu/

Episodes

  1. UPVESTOR S2 E2: Path with the heart with Aleksander Tõnnisson

    12/10/2025

    UPVESTOR S2 E2: Path with the heart with Aleksander Tõnnisson

    🎙️ Welcome to this episode! Today, we’re joined by Aleksander Tõnnisson — a man of many labels and now adding one more to the list: aspiring politician. As local elections kick off on October 13, 2025, Aleksander steps into the political arena and into our conversation. Joining him are our hosts, Dr. Anne Veerpalu and Dr. Ilona Nurmela, for a thought-provoking discussion about a unique kind of school — one where leadership starts with the heart. Together, they explore how heart-led leadership can expand personal power and what that means in the context of shaping our communities and governments. Let’s dive in. Learn more from Aleksander here: https://reform.ee/kohaliku-omavalitsuse-volikogu-valimised-2025/tartu/tartu-linn/kandidaadid/aleksander-tonnisson/

    1h 21m
  2. UPVESTOR S1 E8: Design your life - how you get to where you love what you do? With Kärt Pormeister, PhD

    10/07/2025

    UPVESTOR S1 E8: Design your life - how you get to where you love what you do? With Kärt Pormeister, PhD

    This is the second episode with Kärt Pormeister, PhD - the youtuber/freelance lawyer with a PhD and we somehow end up promising to do another episode on Kim Kardashian together. In addition to Kim we talk about life design, passive and active income and we almost all share our stories on how we got to where we are right now and how much we enjoy this what we do. So if you ever wanted to know how Kärt ended up being a Youtube star and what motivated her to get there - this episode is for you! Check more on Kärt at https://tavakodanikustnaisterahvas.ee/minust/ and her scientific work plus list of awards, scholarships and other recognitions are available here: https://www.etis.ee/CV/K%C3%A4rt_Pormeister/est/ Hosts as always: Ilona Nurmela, PhD and Anne Veerpalu, PhD

    54 min
  3. UPVESTOR S1 E7: How to survive your PhD studies and its aftermath with Kärt Pormeister, PhD?

    09/07/2025

    UPVESTOR S1 E7: How to survive your PhD studies and its aftermath with Kärt Pormeister, PhD?

    In this episode there are three law PhD graduates discussing how they experienced their PhD studies, why they chose to pursue a PhD degree in law and how it changed their life - what emotions they went through and what experiences they got out of it. This is a must listening if you are considering to do a PhD, especially in the University of Tartu law school. We address hyper-productivity, depression, empathy, supervision and prejudice and so much more. Follow Kärt in Youtube #tavakodanikustnaisterahvas or on other media: https://tavakodanikustnaisterahvas.ee/minust/ #phd #studies #empathy #hyperproductivity #supervision #prejudice

    1h 9m
  4. UPVESTOR S1 E9: Health tech startup life with Kristina Kööts from Pathogora and Gerli Hummel from Poshear

    09/07/2025

    UPVESTOR S1 E9: Health tech startup life with Kristina Kööts from Pathogora and Gerli Hummel from Poshear

    In this episode we host Kristina Kööts from Pathogora and Gerli Hummel from Poshear, both female founders of healthtech startups and talk about their experience in a bootcamp for healthtech founders.

    55 min
  5. UPVESTOR S1 E1: Health tech startup life with Certific CEO Liis Narusk

    30/12/2024

    UPVESTOR S1 E1: Health tech startup life with Certific CEO Liis Narusk

    Triin Agan (then Kask) and Anne Veerpalu, PhD having a lovely chat with Liis Narusk, Certific CEO on startups, dreams, being a woman and entrepreneur.

    1h 4m
  6. UPVESTOR New Year´s Wish List

    30/12/2024

    UPVESTOR New Year´s Wish List

    Ilona Nurmela, Anne Veerpalu and Annika Veisson discussed New Year´s resolutions - how, why and what.

    1h 11m
  7. UPVESTOR S1 E3: Identity with Triin Agan, Anne Veerpalu and Ilona Nurmela

    29/09/2024

    UPVESTOR S1 E3: Identity with Triin Agan, Anne Veerpalu and Ilona Nurmela

    Is it a role or your identity? What is identity? Does identity change when you divorce, change jobs, close your company, get married, let go of your dreams, take a different goal?

    53 min
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You’re listening to Upvestor podcast which is about people who have decided to not settle for less and have committed to take responsibility of their lives and successes. Upvestor is a person with a growth mindset who is entrepreneurial, determined, inspiration to many, and is true to themselves. Upvestor hosts are Ilona Nurmela, PhD and Anne Veerpalu, PhD Ilona Nurmela is a coach, a mediator, a lecturer and a writer. More about her here: https://ilonanurmela.mediator.ee/ Anne Veerpalu is an attorney-at-law, a founder, a lecturer and a basketball enthusiast. More about her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneveerpalu/

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    Upvestors Ilona Nurmela, PhD and Anne Veerpalu, PhD
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