Skype Motivates Estonian Start-ups, But is it Enough to Compete
startup Skype Motivates Estonian Start ups, But is it Enough to
Compete  What defines a start-up company? Is it drive? Is it the
investors? Or could it possibly be the environment in which
these companies grow? In the United States, entrepreneurs are
considered some of the country’s elite. A formidable group,
these people are revered as innovators tasked with developing
“the next big thing.” Failure is an acceptable form of growth
and is considered part of the learning process. Entrepreneurship
has been embedded in our country’s fabric from the moment the
Pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock with a bootstrapping mentality,
hungry for change. But what happens when you live in a country
that’s more risk averse? What factors play into your decision to
quit your job and become an Internet entrepreneur? In a recent
trip to Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia it got me
thinking: what happens when you’re an entrepreneur trapped in a
relatively new start