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Co-Founder Meetup Tallinn, Estonia

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The first co-founder finding event by Founder2be in Estonia was a huge success. We had around 25 people at the Garage48Hub co-working space in Tallinn: a mix of developers, designers and business/marketing folks.

The evening kicked off with lessons learned from Riina Einberg, general manager of ZeroTurnaround and a true team building pro. At least half of the audience seemed touched by what Riina had to say about “lonely-wolf”-type people - this seemed like a topic worthy of a separate workshops.

About a third of participants then chose to do a 1-min slideless pitch on their startup idea: we had everything from hi-tech electronics to a platform connecting artists to the business world. And the evening continued with semi-moderated speed dating, where people in groups of 3 introduced themselves to each other in 1-minute sessions. This fluently turned into the main part of the evening: good old networking. This continued for more than an hour and a group of 8 ended up having late dinner together in a nearby pub.

It’s too early too tell how many new partnerships got started, but good many people appeared to have good many good chats. A successful evening, then.

Big thanks to everyone for coming, to Garage48Hub for hosting us, to Riina Einberg for sharing her observations, to Veinisõber for providing social lubrication, and to our MC Andrus who organized the entire event.

If the topic of referral marketing tickles your fancy, you should get in touch with Andrus about Recoworks. This kick-ass referral marketing platform is looking for a partner-in-crime.