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Micke Paqvalén talks about building award winning companies, rough times, and almost dying while working too hard. He also reveals his first startup at early age, and founding of a flying boat company. See the episode notes: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/micke. Guest bio Lars-Michaël (Micke) Paqvalén, M.Sc. (Econ.), is a company builder who has lived and worked internationally for over 25 years and exited four major software companies. He is the founder & chairman of TRÄ Group and Buildbite, co-founder of Brandbassador, Learning Intelligence Group (Claned & GraphoGame), Kiosked, Telepo, HansaWorld and an active early-stage investor in many disruptive companies, such as Proof Analytics among others. He is also on the Advisory Board of Nordic Innovation and Nordic Scalers, a pan-Nordic initiative to find and accelerate next-generation unicorns in the Nordics. During his tenure as an entrepreneur, he has been awarded the European ICT Grand Prize, the award for Best Enterprise Software solution at the Mobile World Congress, the growth entrepreneur of the year in both Finland and Sweden, the American and European Business Awards etc. Micke is a proud father of four children. -------------- Podcast website: http://www.talkswithpetri.com/. Subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify or Youtube. Follow on Twitter for updates. You can also send suggestions. Please consider leaving a short review or share the episode so that others can find the show.
In this episode we talk to Hope Frank, Chief Marketing & Digital Officer at Kiosked.
"We are on the right path – companies are able to raise bigger rounds. Wolt raised $11 million earlier this year, Enevo received $15 million, and Kiosked raised $30 million in Series B funding. Plus, the amount of external funding to Finnish companies has grown in the last few years. To me, those are clearly good signs of a growing ecosystem" The full article here: http://arcticstartup.com/article/finnish-ecosystem-exits/
The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - Union Square Venture's increased investments in Europe - Finland adtech startup Kiosked raising $30 million - Damae Medical, the French startup that won the EIT Challenge -Julien Codorniou of Facebook -Business Angels – does Europe have a business angel problem ? Who are the business angels you should know ? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Micke Paqvalén är grundare och VD för webbshopsföretaget Kiosked. Han beskriver sig själv som en serie-entreprenör och vill uppmuntra framför allt unga kvinnor att bli företagare. I sitt sommarprat talar Paqvalén om entreprenörskap, ledarskap och jämlikhet i en global värld.