Joy of Finland highlights Finland’s strengths and areas of improvement.
Duleepa-Wijayawardhana is the CTO of Supermetrics, one of Finland’s prominent startup success stories. Supermetrics is a data management and analysis tool for marketers.
In this episode, we discuss:
(0:00) About me and introduction
(1:45) About Dups and how he ended up in Finland
(5:17) Clean air and environment
(6:28) History of innovation in Finland
(8:16) The importance of going global
(10:15) Significant progress from 100 years ago
(13:41) The challenges of bringing international people
(14:24) Exporting Finland’s culture around the world
(18:18) Comparing Canadian and Finnish immigration
(20:47) Why Finland needs students
(22:38) The long-term problem with making it more difficult to come to Finland
(24:36) Why students leave Finland and language requirements
(28:47) What’s needed for an inclusive, diverse, and amazing society
(30:15) Advice for people coming to Finland
(31:09) Where to Find Dups
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