Ekonomi

The finalists of Polar Bear Pitching have been announced

The semi-finals of Polar Bear Pitching started one and half hours late, because the ice hole where entrepreneurs were supposed to be pitching from, was frozen solid during the night. This is indeed the coldest Polar Bear Pitching in the history of the event, but it doesn’t stop these crazy entrepreneurs from piching from a frozen sea.   Today 6 new companies earned their place in the pitching...

The most chilling Polar Bear Pitching in history starts today

Oulu, Finland enjoys a pleasant breeze of -20 Celsius, a temperature that makes water freeze before it hits the ground. This is not stopping Polar Bear Pitching from happening. It’s just bigger and colder than ever before.   Polar Bear Pitching is famous for its finals, where entrepreneurs pitch from a hole, carved in the frozen Baltic sea. There is no time limit for your pitch, you can speak...

Which cryptocurrency will have the most profit in the next 5 or 10 years if you invest in it today?

I like this question, because it offers an interesting angle to write about. I believe CLOAK coin is a good candidate. But in order to answer this question better, I’m compelled to ask another: How will the world change in the next 5 or 10 years?  The world will look something like this…    Widening trust deficit towards institutions  There is a widening trust deficit towards...

Eficode och Silo.ai: Artificiell intelligens - programvaruutvecklingens nästa produktionssprång

Den ledande nordiska aktören inom digitala tjänster och DevOps, Eficode och det privata framstående laboratoriet för artificiell intelligens, Silo.ai Oy, förändrar programvaruutvecklingens framtid med hjälp av artificiell intelligens. Målsättningen är att införa artificiell intelligens i kärnan av programvaruutvecklingsprocesserna. På våren kommer de första fördelarna synas i kundeprojekt. ...

CLOAK & MONERO: a thoughtful comparison

Most top cryptocurrencies favour security and omnipresence, but privacy more in their sales pitch, than in practice. Which is alright, because privacy is making a come back in the crypto scene soon and there is a currently still undervalued privacy project called CLOAK waiting for the limelight when this happens.   CLOAK will likely be a great opportunity for investment, because it was a...

Pitching from an ice hole - a perfect example of Finnish innovation

What is the scariest stage you have been on? This is a question Finns are giving an easy answer to once again this February. Polar Bear Pitching is a unique pitching event in that there is no time limit for your speech, but you have to do it while standing waist deep in a hole carved to the frozen Baltic Sea. Finns like to describe their attitude towards life with one word, sisu. Sisu stands for...