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Good point made by Seth Godin. Have you earned your link with the clients? Also loved the quote, "The internet's a giant cocktail party" :) - Antti Vilpponen

Interesting stuff Antti, tend to agree. One thing regarding exits, or rather further funding, Nasdaq/OMX will be investing significantly over the next 12 months to extend the offer to Nordic startups, in particular in Finland where there are only 3 compnaies listed on First North (vs over 100 in Sweden). It is not really an exit round, but more a alternative B/C round funding mechanism for companies with clear path t profitability. - Will Cardwell

Thanks for the good insight Will. Going to dig deeper into the exit markets, such as First North. - Antti Vilpponen

S60 browser - Antti Vilpponen

Excellent customer service web 2.0 style. Not sure how scalable this is but sure shows how dynamic companies can make a change. - Antti Vilpponen

ArcticStartup group in Dopplr - Antti Vilpponen

So true, so true. - Antti Vilpponen

Kremlin's Official Blog - Antti Vilpponen

Good list of productivity tools for students and others alike. Almost all are web based and free. - Antti Vilpponen

Some very cool motion design. - Antti Vilpponen

Fruugo's Nils Forsblom comes out with Fruugo's plans in Metro. - Antti Vilpponen

An inside view to an XP office room. - Antti Vilpponen

ArcticStartup featured on Enter Venture. - Antti Vilpponen

Tough times ahead for startups. - Antti Vilpponen

My new hero - in Finnish only. This guy is 90 years old and does many different activities such as gardening, building gardens high on hills, masonry (including expolosives) but the amazingness comes from the fact that Johan is totally blind. The Finnish Mensa association awarded him in 2007 for his merits. - Antti Vilpponen

Article in Finnish regarding the potential of Finnish startups. - Antti Vilpponen

Nintendo's amazing viral advertisement in - Antti Vilpponen

Ville Vesterinen does a short interview with Jaiku founders Petteri and Jyri about Finnish startups and what they are doing nowadays. - Antti Vilpponen

Ville Vesterinen does a short interview with Jaiku founders Petteri and Jyri about Finnish startups and what they are doing nowadays. - Antti Vilpponen

An excellent piece of writing by Clive Thompson on ambient awareness and lifestreams. - Antti Vilpponen

Information on the mystery Finnish startup. - Antti Vilpponen

Information on the mystery Finnish startup. - Antti Vilpponen

Where's that at? - Ville Vesterinen

It's right below the Taivas offices at Unioninkatu 24. Strongly suggested. - Antti Vilpponen

Pekka's photos from Barcelona - Antti Vilpponen

How Youtube is trying to monetize... - Antti Vilpponen

My article in Talouselämä magazine, it's read by many industry leaders and decision makers around Finland. - Antti Vilpponen

In Beijing waiters hand you little plastic bags when you sit at a restaurant table so that you can glance your phone and not spill food and drink on them. - Antti Vilpponen

Business Week's article on Consumer vigilantes who fight corporations for better service. - Antti Vilpponen

Davos Open Forum 2008 discusses virtual worlds. - Antti Vilpponen

Iron Butt Association of Finland. I think I'm going to try their 1600km ride next summer...and that's all in one day. - Antti Vilpponen

Nokia is SO far behind Apple's iPhone. - Antti Vilpponen