What starting a €2M+ tech business teaches you about life - Antti Virolainen | E42

The Founders Lounge

English - April 10, 2022 13:27 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MB
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Antti Virolainen describes himself as an adventurous entrepreneur. He’s the co-founder of a Helsinki-based startup Sharetribe, often described as “the Shopify for marketplace businesses”. Over the years Sharetribe became a well-known brand among entrepreneurs. What makes Shartribe especially interesting is that the founders are not afraid of taking unconventional approaches to funding and culture-building, in order to build a transparent, profitable, and purpose-driven business.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:30 How Sharetribe started

00:13:20 Sharetribe's funding structure

00:23:30 SaaS branding

00:29:00 Advice for marketplace start-ups

00:33:40 Transparency in business

00:44:40 Personal growth as a founder

00:53:00 Potential business ideas

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RECORDED: 17.3.2022

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/3DBXLXMsOGQ

Marketing: Tom Zorman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-zorman/)

Postproduction: Jon Razinger (https://www.instagram.com/jonrazinger/)

YouTube thumbnail: Filip Urek ([email protected])

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