Joy of Finland highlights Finland’s strengths and areas of improvement.
Monika Liikamaa is the Co-founder and co-CEO of the fintech payment service provider Enfuce. Monika’s career involves 20+ years of experience in the payment industry. Enfuce has raised a total of €62 million in funding, including one of the highest investment rounds raised by a female-led business.
In this episode, we discuss:
(0:00) Preview
(0:55) About me and introduction
(2:06) About Monika
(6:51) Advocating for women in tech
(9:22) Building a diverse team
(10:06) Challenges with scaling a company
(12:05) Finland’s strengths
(14:29) Education in Finland
(16:39) Equality in society
(19:46) Confusing being apologetic with humility leads to envious attitudes
(22:23) Shortsighted attitudes like populism and protectionism mitigated by education
(23:36) Employee ownership and taxation
(24:34) Rise of racism and populism during hard times
(26:28) Refugees and getting people to come to Finland
(27:10) Getting more people to Finland
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