Author Archives: Ville Vesterinen
The Hunger to change the world
This post was crossposted to Nordkapp Blog.
There’s a saying that people come to our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. It’s my time to move on. I have been fortunate to have the amazing people at Nordkapp in my life for last year and four months. It’s mind boggling to think how [...]
Hunger is underrated
Last week I got an email from an old friend of mine who’s in the process of setting up a new startup in the online media space.
At the end of the email my friend wrote this (partly in Finnish):
PS. Luin eilen gapingvoidin postauksen siitä nälästä, joka meidän kaikkien sisällä asuu. Melkein itkin – saattoi tosin [...]
Growth
I’m happy and proud of our team when looking at where we have been able take Nordkapp in the span of a single year. Proud to be working with the best!
Senseg E-Sense Technology Prototype from Nordkapp on Vimeo.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged growth, helsinki, interaction design, nordkapp, video Leave a comment
Critical juncture
This is a video that epitomizes our times. Not only the content and the explicit message but also the setting, the concept of TED, the medium and the experience. I’m happy that this is the signal of our day. Can’t wait for the next phase when the desire and the talk become action. Better start [...]
I need your vote
As you can see on the side of the page, I need your votes! Peter Robinett rallied the troops and submitted a SXSW panel on the European startup scene, and we’d love your support so we can go to Austin next Spring and tell everyone what’s up!
There’s a strong Euro gang going. The panel includes [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Events, Startups, Technology Tagged europe, panel, speaking, Startups, sxsw Leave a comment
Future of journalism, one of them
Here’s an interesting development in the media landscape. Politico is one of the more vivid examples of media going towards a vertical niche with much lighter cost base vis-a-vis the dying giants like WSJ and NYT. Interestingly Politico’s model also reports on everything related to the given niche in almost real time with a passion [...]
Posted in Economics, Future, Media, journalism Tagged business model, charlie rose, journalism, Media, nyt, nytimes, paul carr, politico, techcrunch, vanity fair, video, wsj Leave a comment
Revenue models for the media
Media is in crisis. Not because of lack of quality content, but because of lack of models to monetize the quality content. This financial crisis in media, if not reversed, will eventually lead also to lack of quality content when the media houses cut the number of journalists they are able to keep on their [...]
ArcticEvenings part of the fabric of a healthy city
This Tuesday we held our 5th ArcticEvening event in the cozy premises of Dubrovnik Lounge & Lobby in the heart of Helsinki. The events are slowly becoming the corner stone of the community or the ’social network’ of entrepreneurs we are so eager to bring together across the Nordic and Baltic countries. In effect, they [...]
Posted in Branding, Cities, Design, Economics, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Ethics, Events, Startups Tagged arcticevening, arcticstartup, Cities, Culture, Entrepreneurship 1 Comment
Thomas Friendman thinks like Finland. Both should think again
Thomas Friedman, a New York Times reporter and an author, writes how US should invest in and bet on potential the future successes instead of bailing out the dying Detroit car manufacturers. You don’t need to be rocket scientist to come to this conclusion, even though nationalistic feelings can make even the brightest of us [...]
Posted in Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finland, Politics, Startups, Venture Capital 2 Comments
Joining the Investment Council of Finnish Industry Investment