Paavo Beckman

How to conquer the world without money

Paavo Beckman (Finland) has been CEO and co-founder at five entertainment and tech companies and led teams in San Francisco, New York, London, and Finland. He is an expert in startups and corporations and an evangelist of lean startup methods.

My fellow student Jussi and I were always thinking that we were going to be actual rock stars, but finally it hit us that it wasn’t going to happen. So we decided to start a record label. We took student loans and together we were able to raise €1000. The office for the company consisted of Jussi’s bedroom, and his bed acted as a ...

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