The super-insightful Nishan Chelvechandran shares his perspective of setting up a company in Finland as an international and newcomer. In essence, he's come across with Finland - a land of paradoxes:
- Easy to set up a company, hard to establish yourself as a person.
- Folks from abroad welcome to set up a company, no information in English. Etc.
Here's a few highlights and shortcuts to the discussion we had:
- 8.20 Positives and negatives of running a company in Finland?
- 15.00 Attract customers in Finland vs. internationally
- 17.00 What is the key to make viable business in Finland?
- 22.00 Finns are getting old, internationals are desperately needed, yet ecosystems of Finland are mostly closed, how to solve this contradiction?
- 28.00 Local language requirements for internationals who have done their studies in Finland and struggle to land relevant work
- 33.57 Many internationals are already in Finland that are highly educated, and motivated to commit and learn, where is the issue with lack of employees stemming from?
- 35.48 Finland wants to have the cake and eat it
- 1.05.30 Many internationals remain in Finland out of status quo, not necessarily out of exact choice or decision
- 1.09.15 The most positive surprises of case Finland?
Hope you enjoy this discussion!