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Weekly podcast at ProCEEd.to. Every Monday, we talk to a newsmaker from the CEE tech scene.

ProCEEd > Podcast Andrii Degeler

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Weekly podcast at ProCEEd.to. Every Monday, we talk to a newsmaker from the CEE tech scene.

    Episode #11 | What's going on in the Baltics?

    Episode #11 | What's going on in the Baltics?

    Host: Andrii Degeler
    Guests: Karoli Hindriks (Jobbatical.com) and Alex Barrera (Press42.com)

    In this episode of ProCEEd > Podcast, I'm joined by two great guests: Karoli Hindriks, the founder and CEO of Jobbatical.com, and Alex Barrera, a co-founder of Tech.eu and Chief WOWness Officer at Press42.com.

    We discuss Alex's recent story on the tech scene in the Baltics (http://goo.gl/tN60vf), Jobbatical's recent funding round, and the future of entrepreneurs and startups in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

    Here's a few highlights of the episode:

    01:45 Impressions from TechChill Baltics

    04:35 It the Baltics part of the ecosystem of CEE or the Nordics?

    10:55 Is it hard to get students to run startups in the Baltics? Do the crisis and the fall of corporations like Nokia help?

    15:30 Is technology ruining the world around us?

    24:50 Should governments support startup ecosystems by throwing money at entrepreneurs?

    Enjoy listening, and please leave your feedback here, tweet at @proceed_to, or send me an email at andrii@proceed.to.

    Don't forget to check out this week's newsletter at http://proceed.to!


    Intro credit: Shangyne. Jingle credit: Thejack288. Image credit: Robert Anders.

    • 37 min
    Episode #10 | Max Rattner, Angee — From Kickstarter to Indiegogo

    Episode #10 | Max Rattner, Angee — From Kickstarter to Indiegogo

    For today's podcast, I've had an interesting conversation with Max Rattner from Angee, a Czech-founded hardware startup that raised $530,000 on Kickstarter and then launched an additional campaign on Indiegogo.

    In addition to product-related questions, Max has a cool story to tell about his move from working as an English teacher in South Korea to becoming a VP of an Eastern European startup.

    Check out this week's newsletter at http://proceed.to.

    Intro credit: Shangyne. Jingle credit: Thejack288.

    • 17 min
    Episode #9 | Yandex vs. Google: What's Going On?

    Episode #9 | Yandex vs. Google: What's Going On?

    This time I've put together a brief explanation of the fight between Russia's Yandex and Google about the Android platform.

    Check out this week's newsletter at http://proceed.to.

    Intro credit: Shangyne. Jingle credit: Thejack288.

    • 9 min
    Episode #8 | Mait Müntel, Lingvist – Freshly funded by Rakuten

    Episode #8 | Mait Müntel, Lingvist – Freshly funded by Rakuten

    This time I’ve talked to Mait Müntel, founder of the Estonia-based startup Lingvist, which attracted $8 million in funding from Rakuten and others last week. We’ve discussed the connection between CERN and language learning, the startup’s plans and the relevance of the Japanese giant as an investor.

    Check out this week's newsletter at http://proceed.to.

    Intro credit: Shangyne. Jingle credit: Thejack288.

    • 10 min
    Episode #7 | Oleksandr Shymanko, PiPillow – The winner of the Audience Award at FW Lab 2015

    Episode #7 | Oleksandr Shymanko, PiPillow – The winner of the Audience Award at FW Lab 2015

    The guest of today's podcast is Oleksandr Shymanko, an 18-year-old entrepreneur from Ukraine, whose Pi Pillow has won the Audience Award at the Falling Walls Lab 2015 contest.

    Check out this week's newsletter at http://proceed.to.

    Intro credit: Shangyne. Jingle credit: Thejack288.

    • 8 min
    Episode #6 | The Rocky Road To Dublin

    Episode #6 | The Rocky Road To Dublin

    This week, I've decided to follow up the news of two Russian teams receiving €50,000 grants from Enterprise Ireland to move their businesses to the Emerald Isle.

    Listen to some details and explanations from Julia Walsh, Business Development Manager at Enterprise Ireland's office in Moscow.

    Check out this week's newsletter at http://proceed.to.

    Intro credit: Shangyne. Jingle credit: Thejack288.

    • 13 min

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