Should a Finnish entrepreneur stay or go to Silicon Valley? - Sami Inkinen

Joy of Finland highlights Finland’s strengths and areas of improvement.

Sami Inkinen has founded 2 different billion dollar companies. The first is Trulia, an online real estate marketplace. The second is Virta Health of which he is currently the CEO. Virta is the leader in type 2 diabetes reversal and creator of a new standard in medical care for people living with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity.

He’s also quite the athletic marvel, having broken a world record with his wife rowing from California to Hawaii to raise awareness about the dangers of sugar. He’s also a triathlon world champion for his age group.

In this episode, we discuss:

(0:00) Preview and introduction

(2:14) About Sami

(4:55) Type 2 diabetes and obesity

(8:45) Sisu and the hardest thing Sami has done

(12:04) Free education and healthcare

(13:05) Infrastructure and safety

(13:44) Finnish brand: trustworthy, reliable, quality, and design

(16:11) Finland needs more a culture of taking risks

(16:55) Finland needs to focus more on sales

(18:08) How Finland can improve attitudes towards entrepreneurship

(21:00) Should a Finnish entrepreneur stay in Finland or go to Silicon Valley?

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