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Getting Ready for Slush Helsinki: Alpha Influencers in a Beta Society

Published in November 23rd, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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That’s what we Finns have become.  Finns who once used to be famous for keeping the silence in six languages.  Finns who when encountering an elephant in the jungle would go: ‘I wonder what he thinks of me?’.  This is now a hotspot for innovation.  People say it is because of Nokia but I believe [...]

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Elizabeth Schimel joins Nokia

Published in February 26th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in People on the Move
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Elizabeth Schimel has joined Nokia to head up their music business unit under Tero Ojanpera (Entertainment and Communities). This was a long-anticipated move from Nokia – their music business had for perhaps too long been managed by Finns and Englishmen who had perhaps not their ‘DNA’ in the music business. The time is now critical [...]

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Visiting CES – a good start for 2008

Published in January 6th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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I just arrived in Las Vegas to report from Consumer Electronics Show. Last year the show was a ‘downer’, with Steve Jobs stealing the show up in San Francisco at MacWorld with the iPhone announcement. This year will be quite different: various parts of the mobile ecosystem are reaching a growth phase where real money [...]

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