21.12.2020
blog
2020: The longest year in retrospect
Looking back at the past year is paradoxically exhausting and energizing at the same time. Boldly taking big leaps is nothing new to…
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Mika Tanner has been a CEO of Bilot since 2011. He has been in professional services for 20 years, mostly in the software industry of which over a decade with SAP in several management positions in Finland, Nordics and France. Mika has lived 13 years abroad in the US, Europe and the Middle-East.
21.12.2020
blog
Looking back at the past year is paradoxically exhausting and energizing at the same time. Boldly taking big leaps is nothing new to…
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09.04.2020
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I recently shared my sensations of our IPO four weeks ago. I felt the analogy of a determined ski jumper deciding to jump…
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16.11.2018
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Sometimes, it is hard to explain something, and only witnessing it first-hand really helps. One of these things is pace and magnitude of…
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05.10.2018
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Especially in Finland, which is known for its dismal idioms, someone might advise me not to count my chickens until they’ve hatched. I…
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07.11.2017
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In my past blog posts I’ve been pecking on the importance of pitching. I decided to give it a stab myself and so…
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03.11.2017
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I travelled to The Silicon Valley to see for myself what it is all about. In hindsight, perhaps it was a kind of…
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30.10.2017
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What is innovation? One definition is that innovation equals creativity + execution. An idea alone carries no value if you are not able…
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23.10.2017
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The amount of venture capitalist (VC) money in the US was 62,8 billion in 20161,2. The Bay Area alone collected 45% of this…
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13.10.2017
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“Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass, but very rarely occurs as the pure element in the Earth’s…
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