144 quotes by estonian authors for you to enjoy

With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded. Lennart Meri

Political Swimming Never Always West Current Stranded Radio Streams

Being a 'global citizen' is not something reserved for the global elite anymore. Thanks to the democratising power of technology, it's not a trend determined by privilege or even age but by attitude. Taavet Hinrikus

Attitude Technology Age Trend Citizen Power Thanks Determined Something Global Privilege Being Anymore Even Reserved Elite

People need the financial sector to be safe; people also need the financial sector to go through a massive phase of innovation. That means delivering on the positive rhetoric, like around settlement accounts, not allowing Open Banking to be diluted, and leading the way on AML. Taavet Hinrikus

Positive Innovation People Financial Settlement Way Diluted Sector Through Open Delivering Allowing Leading Like Safe Massive Also Around Go Accounts Banking Rhetoric Means Phase Need

The world is getting smaller thanks to technology. Taavet Hinrikus

Technology World Thanks Smaller Getting

Most of my time at Skype was spent doing new things. Taavet Hinrikus

Time New Things Spent My Time New Most Doing Skype Things

The financial crisis of 2008 created a seismic shift in the dynamics of trust in financial services. FinTech would have happened without the global financial crisis - but it would have taken much longer. Taavet Hinrikus

Trust Financial Financial Crisis Crisis Financial Services Would Taken Longer Global Without Shift Happened Dynamics Much Created Services

There's always been a lot of interest in the tech community about how to foster innovation and creativity - both within a company but also in the ecosystem of a tech cluster. In both cases, creating opportunities for people who don't encounter each other normally to meet and talk is key. Taavet Hinrikus

Creativity Innovation People Key Opportunities Community Other Meet About Cases Both Ecosystem Talk Also Within Always How Been Encounter Lot Normally Interest Cluster Creating Who Company Foster Each Tech

No amount of PR works if you've got a bad product. Taavet Hinrikus

You Bad Got Product Works Amount

The attitude to failure is one of the characteristics that's often called out as the difference between the U.S. and Europe. And we do need to be less risk-averse, more embracing of failure. Having failed makes you look bad in Europe. But in the U.S., it makes you look experienced. Taavet Hinrikus

Attitude Failure You Characteristics Out Bad Embracing Having More Failed Between Look Makes Often Difference Experienced Less Europe Need

Scaling a business at speed can feel like an out of control roller-coaster. Taavet Hinrikus

Business Control Speed Scaling Out Feel Like

I was in my early 20s when Estonia joined the E.U. For a kid who'd grown up in the Soviet Union, it seemed like my country had come of age. For a country that had been isolated and cut off from the rest of the world, it seemed like we were becoming part of the global community. It opened a whole new world of possibility. Taavet Hinrikus

Age World Rest Country Community Kid Possibility Seemed Joined Had Part Opened New Come Like Global Becoming Isolated Were Been Off Up Soviet Soviet Union New World Estonia Cut Union Whole Whole New World Grown Grown-Up Early Early 20s

For Estonia, joining Europe meant our potential as a country increased - not decreased - because of that connectedness. Taavet Hinrikus

Country Increased Our Potential Joining Because Estonia Meant Europe

The technology is not an end in itself: it is a tool. It can make it easier for us to communicate or manage our finances. It can help us take care of our health or help policemen in their work. It can create jobs and boost growth. It can enhance transparency and accessibility to services. Taavet Hinrikus

Work Health Technology Communicate Care Tool Our Finances Easier Boost Jobs Take Take Care Policemen Make Accessibility End Itself Manage Us Create Transparency Help Enhance Growth Services

The world is becoming more global. More than ever, people are proactively deciding where to live, where to study, where to work. Sometimes it's out of necessity, sometimes it's out of choice. Taavet Hinrikus

Work People World Sometimes Live Out More Study Global Becoming Than Where Deciding Choice Ever Necessity

To be a global business, you need access to the best talent from around the world - fix this, everything else falls into place. Whether it's homegrown or imported, we don't mind where it comes from - we just want the best. Taavet Hinrikus

Without immigration, nations would stagnate. It is key for innovation and for economic growth. Taavet Hinrikus

Innovation Key Immigration Would Economic Economic Growth Without Nations Growth

Creating a new country from scratch has given Estonia the license to imagine what a country could be. Taavet Hinrikus

Country License Given Could New Scratch Estonia Creating Imagine

Financial services have always been about trust. Perhaps the biggest barrier to entry has been getting new customers to trust an unknown brand or service, and that's particularly true with digital disruptors who lack a physical presence on the local high street. Taavet Hinrikus

Service Trust Financial Digital Unknown Local Financial Services Has-Been High Physical About Entry True New Perhaps Particularly Always Been Brand Getting Lack Biggest Customers Who Barrier Street Presence Services

The growth of FinTech has been driven by adoption across age groups, but the demand from the millennial generation to innovate and think about financial services differently has been a catalyst for change. Taavet Hinrikus

Change Age Generation Financial Think Innovate Financial Services Has-Been About Adoption Driven Catalyst Demand Been Across Groups Differently Growth Services

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