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Building bridges between Nordic start-ups and South-East Asia|Sami Jääskeläinen, Community Director, Nordic Innovation House, Singapore
• 28 minEps 25 Singapore based Finn Sami Jääskeläinen runs Nordic Innovation House, a community platform for accelerating Nordic start-ups in the Singapore and South-East Asia region. Sami’s colourful career included being a professional chef in Helsinki and later moving into advertising as a team lead for iconic global brands such as Nokia and Finlandia Vodka. Sami now has a successful career as a Nordic start-up Community Director in Singapore. This has included running partnerships for Slush, the super successful start-up event based in Finland. We discuss Sami’s experience of cultural differences working as a Nordic in Singapore and in his collaborations with other Nordic colleagues. Nordic Innovation House is a unique collaboration platform between five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Their aim is to connect Nordic start-ups with major innovation hubs globally including Singapore, Silicon Valley, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. You will learn from Sami about how he has built his career from a chef to a global start-up advisor managing cultural differences, challenges and benefits living as a Nordic in South East Asia his resilience and curiosity in conquering new areas to progress in his professional life Follow Sami Sami Jaaskelainen in LinkedIn Nordic Innovation House Follow Nordic Insights Visit nordicinsights.net/podcast Instagram Nordic Insights Podcast Facebook Nordic Insights Podcast
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