Making the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur with Kaidi Ruusalepp and Kristel Viidik
Learn how to make the switch to being an entrepreneur
Who should attend?
- Anyone who dreams of launching their own company
- Anyone that is interested in joining a new startup.
About the Speakers:
- Kaidi Ruusalepp, founder and CEO of Funderbeam: Having been part of key players in developing public registry systems and then capital markets in Estonia over 16 years. She decided to go back to the very beginning and start-up about a year ago.
- Kristel Viidik, founder and CEO of Testlio: Kristel has a background in software testing industry, having worked in leading software engineering company in Estonia and an award-winning trading solutions provider in UK. She co-founded Testlio in the end of 2012. Since then, the startup has received notable accreditation by winning worlds largest hackathon AngelHack and world renowed accelerator TechStars in Austin (accepted amongs 850 other applicants)
Preliminary schedule:
17:30 Mingle and network
18:00 Talks from founders and introducing Founder Institute
19:00 Sharing thoughts and impressions over drinks
This event is free to attend. Join us for a fun evening! For more free startup events, visit http://fi.co/events.
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