As promised during some of the previous episodes, we went to Tartu for sTARTUp Day 2024 and brought back a recording of a fireside chat with Kaarel Kotkas.Kaarel is the founder and CEO of Veriff, one of the more recent Estonian unicorns that raised a 100m$ series C in early 2022 to hit the billion valuation mark. The 2 years that have followed have been very challenging and we sat down with Kaarel to talk about getting through challenging times, making tough decisions and building resilience,What you can expect to learn from Kaarel:What to do when you see warning signs of market slowdownStrategies for keeping revenue up and growing during a downturnHow to manage investor relationshipsThe decision-making process and aftermath of doing 2 layoffs in 1 yearTaking extremely hard decisions and moving on as a leader and a companyHow to define success when you have reached unicorn statusTIMESTAMPS:01:00 sTARTUp Day 2024 impressions10:00 Fireside chat with Kaarel35:00 Uldis & Janis recaps the main lessons from the interview===Find other episodes on > https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/Watch select full-length episodes on our YouTube channel > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6ueaLnjS-CQfrMCm2EoTAConnect with us on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/Support the show

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