EstoCast – Episode 16: Maarika Merirand

Incubating Groundbreaking Tech Solutions—A Conversation with Maarika Merirand

(In English/inglise keeles)

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In the latest episode of EstoCast, we sat down with Maarika Merirand, a project manager at Tehnopol Science and Business Park, Tallinn. Seeing tech startups at every stage of their life cycle, Maarika has many insights on the tech world.

In this episode, discover:

 📱the differences between the tech world in Canada and Estonia

 📱how incubators can enable groundbreaking tech solutions

 📱how the Estonian government is pursuing expansion into North America and other continents

 📱some of the most exciting new solutions that Tehnopol has been working with

 📱how one can start out as an entrepreneur with a simple idea

 📱-and much more!

People, places, and content mentioned in this episode include:

-Tehnopol Science and Business Park: https://www.tehnopol.ee 

 -Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech): https://taltech.ee 

 -Connected Health, the healthcare partnership founded by Tehnopol: https://connectedhealth.ee/ 

 -Video resources from Tehnopol on YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/TehnopolTV/ 

 -More on predictive health AI: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/01/25/how-ai-could-predict-medical-conditions-and-revive-the-healthcare-system/amp/ 

 -you can contact Maarika regarding startup advice and information at maarika.merirand@tehnopol.ee

 -follow her on LinkedIn to see what she’s up to lately: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maarikamerirand/ 

 -read the first article of “The Entrepreneurial Estonian”, the column she writes for Eesti Elu newspaper: https://eestielu.com/estonia-the-land-of-unicorns/