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Nordic Tech Tour: Our journey gets going

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Harri Holopainen

… your key message from forty pages to ten.

With this in mind, a while ago Microtask applied for Tech Tour, which this year focused on the Nordic and Baltic regions. Because the great opportunities for growth companies at this event are well known, only a small number of the applicants that apply are selected to present at it. This year the competition was especially tough, and the jury went through the business plans of more than 500 start-up, growth, and expansion phase companies.

As …

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The Travelling Salesman is back – Part 2

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Tommaso De Benetti

… Lawson talked about the first part of his journey in search of the most promising Nordic tech startups. We featured his adventures on the Swedish and Norwegian scene, along with how it feels to drive around Umeå in a windowless jeep in the middle of December.

Now, with more startups, more anecdotes and even some Danish blondes, we present the final, thrilling installment…

Iceland and Denmark: Optimistic and familiar

Iceland, with its famous scenery and videogames industry …

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The Travelling Salesman is back – Part 1

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Tommaso De Benetti

… Lawson with his plan to visit Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark in search of promising tech startups. After many vicissitudes, the trip is now over and he’s back. With a presentation held the 16th of December in the premises of Aalto Venture Garage, he went on retelling his legendary journey of networking and (self) discovery.

Good trip, but luck

“When I started thinking about this journey,” began Kristoffer, “it was always on my mind that I wanted to do it in a …

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2010: A year not lost on the crowd

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Ville Miettinen

… at Microtask.

It was a year we spent sharing our vision, first as a finalist at the Nordic Tech Tour pitching competition, then presenting at CrowdConf and the Icelandic Gaming Industry (IGI) conference.

Happily, it seems other people were as excited about our ideas as we are: in August we announced the investment by the venture capital fund Sunstone Capital, and in October the New York Times shared our vision with the world. Most important of all, we even found time to put …

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Time for our next step

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Harri Holopainen

… told you how Microtask’s journey was beginning to gather momentum, with success at the Nordic Tech Tour.

Although only a short while ago, things can change quickly – especially in the world of tech start-ups. Back then double-dipping was still associated with chocolate and ice-cream rather than recession. Now instead of talking up success, when the media mentions new companies, it is more likely to discuss how little funding is available. On both sides of the Atlantic, the economic …

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