{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":" Building bridges between Nordic start-ups and South-East Asia|Sami J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen, Community Director, Nordic Innovation House, Singapore","description":"Eps 25 Singapore based Finn Sami J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen runs Nordic Innovation House, a community platform for accelerating Nordic start-ups in the Singapore and South-East Asia region.&amp;nbsp; Sami\u2019s colourful career included being a professional chef in Helsinki and later moving into advertising as a team lead for iconic global brands such as Nokia and Finlandia Vodka. Sami now has a successful career as a Nordic start-up Community Director in Singapore. This has included running&amp;nbsp; partnerships for Slush, the super successful start-up event based in Finland. We discuss Sami\u2019s experience of cultural differences working as a Nordic in Singapore and in his collaborations with other Nordic colleagues. Nordic Innovation House is a unique collaboration platform between five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Their aim is to connect Nordic start-ups with major innovation hubs globally including Singapore, Silicon Valley, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.&amp;nbsp; You will learn from Sami about  how he has built his career from a chef to a global start-up advisor managing cultural differences, challenges and benefits living as a Nordic in South East Asia&amp;nbsp; his resilience and curiosity in conquering new areas to progress in his professional life&amp;nbsp;  Follow Sami Sami Jaaskelainen in LinkedIn Nordic Innovation House&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Follow Nordic Insights&amp;nbsp; Visit nordicinsights.net\/podcast Instagram Nordic Insights Podcast&amp;nbsp; Facebook Nordic Insights Podcast &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Nordic Insights","author_url":"http:\/\/nordicinsights.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17378600\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/17378600"}