2023
Will VSParticle be Europe’s next ASML?
July 4, 2023
2021
Taavet+Sten
March 10, 2021
2020
Eesti idufirmad on ebaratsionaalselt patriootlikud
August 8, 2020
Toivo
July 16, 2020
Off to Parental Leave
June 19, 2020
Blog archive, regenerated
June 9, 2020
2016
Embed Teleport data, anywhere
December 6, 2016
2015
Unejutt ühe kõrvaga jänesest
May 2, 2015
Mille järgi ma valin?
February 19, 2015
Estonia As Home Base For Roaming Entrepreneurs
January 23, 2015
2014
On the Road Again
November 24, 2014
2013
Managing the Idea Buffet
December 29, 2013
Looking at Europe from Silicon Valley at Slush 2013
December 23, 2013
So… What Does an EIR Actually Do?
December 9, 2013
On Bridges, Part 3: What Can Europe Give to Silicon Valley?
November 22, 2013
On Bridges, Part 2: Why Should Europe Care for Silicon Valley
November 20, 2013
On Bridges, Part 1: Realizing how Europe and Silicon Valley are drifting apart
November 18, 2013
VC Funds Go Where Immigrants Come From
November 1, 2013
Uudsus-tasakaal
October 2, 2013
Computational Social Science
September 27, 2013
First Decade of #SkypeMafia
August 28, 2013
Sten @ a16z
August 14, 2013
Confidently Humble
July 9, 2013
Last Sloan Class’ Spring Quarter
June 7, 2013
Week 40: The End of Class Notes
June 6, 2013
Week 39: R, Regression Discontinuity, Bakeries and Sales VPs
June 3, 2013
Week 38: Condi, Internet Ads, Global Warming & Microbreweries
May 26, 2013
Week 37: Small World, Churn, Measuring Sales & Startup HR
May 17, 2013
Week 36: Cascading Uncertainty, Sales Ethics, Biotech & Design
May 11, 2013
Week 35: Virality, Freemium, Bitcoin & Asteroids
May 6, 2013
The Future That Should Be Here Now
May 5, 2013
Week 34: Al Gore, Startups Sales to Enterprises & Founders vs Early Employees
April 28, 2013
E-mail Zen
April 23, 2013
Whizzing Winter Quarter
April 21, 2013
Week 33: Network Centrality, Bass Diffusion, SaaS Sales & Data Science
April 20, 2013
Week 32: Brokering, Predictable Variability & Paying for Sales Performance
April 16, 2013
East Coast Study Trip
April 13, 2013
Robots Remake the Workplace
April 12, 2013
Week 31: Analyzing Social Networks, Marketing Mix and Restaurant Operations
April 8, 2013
Spring Quarter Courses
April 5, 2013
Week 30: Exits, Second Markets, M&A & Thunderlizards
March 16, 2013
GSB Book Recommendations to John Doerr
March 15, 2013
Weeks 28-29: Bootstrapping, Europe(?!), Options & Private Equity Operators
March 11, 2013
Extracurricular Fireworks: Friendster, Prezi, Rovio, Bonobos + O’Reilly & Doerr
March 7, 2013
Week 27: Tech IPOs, Seed Investing, Bankruptcies & International Trade
February 25, 2013
Eesti 95
February 24, 2013
Week 26: Debt, Seed Money, Private Equity and Firing Founders
February 17, 2013
Week 25: Midterms, Cost of Capital and Founders in Rounds
February 11, 2013
Week 24: Medical Devices, Space Tourism and Russian E-Commerce
February 2, 2013
Week 23: Sourcing, Screening, Valuing and Pitching
January 26, 2013
The Intersection Event 2013
January 20, 2013
Week 22: IRR, Fishbones, Term Sheets & Angels
January 19, 2013
Week 21: Finance, Ventures, Stories and Space
January 11, 2013
Toolkit for Evaluating a New Venture
January 8, 2013
Winter Quarter Courses
January 5, 2013
A Little Different Book Review
January 5, 2013
2012
Founders’ Dilemmas, Quantified
December 30, 2012
An Auspicious Autumn quArter
December 16, 2012
Weeks 18-20: Innovation Economy, Debate Blunders and Creative Computing
December 9, 2012
As We Speak: Reading Notes
December 5, 2012
The Stanford Bubbles
November 13, 2012
Week 17: Economists Designing Orgs, Ethos of Problem-Making and Sick Bush in Japan
November 11, 2012
Weeks 15-16: Conglomerates, Lemmings, Founders’ Dilemmas and Tax Lotteries
November 4, 2012
Presidential Tweeting
October 28, 2012
Week 14: Confucius, Shrek, Devil’s Advocates and the Board
October 22, 2012
Toolkit for Quick’n’Dirty Country/Culture Research
October 20, 2012
Week 13: Gangnam Style, Fired CEOs and Motivating People
October 13, 2012
Week 12: Discounting the Future, SEC Investigations and Visiting Founders
October 6, 2012
Week 11: Instant Gratification, In and Out of Orgs and Biases
September 30, 2012
Autumn Quarter Courses
September 24, 2012
Summary of Smooth Sloan Summer
September 20, 2012
Week 9: Kant, Golden Balls, Nash and Jack Bauer
September 17, 2012
Week 8: Eating Dogs, Price Meddling and Whitegoods
September 7, 2012
Week 7: Drugs, Perfect Competition and Rock’n’Roll
August 31, 2012
Week 6: Torts, the Samurai and Dance of Joy
August 27, 2012
Week 5: Supply & Demand, Patent Wars & Negotiations
August 19, 2012
Week 4: Monopolies, Multiple Regressions & Negotiations Kickoff
August 12, 2012
Summer Quarter Schedule & Books
August 9, 2012
Week 3: Strong Cultures and Hello Regressions
August 3, 2012
Week 2: Explorers/Exploiters, Public Governance and Normals
July 27, 2012
Sloan Study Notes, Week 1
July 23, 2012
Getting Settled at Stanford
July 17, 2012
Erakond kodanikkonna vastu
June 12, 2012
Sloan 2013 Orientation Notes
April 22, 2012
Vaikimine 0, rääkimine 1
March 30, 2012
Õlgmees-kullakaevajad ja Garage48
March 25, 2012
IT-hariduse mõtted Õpetajate lehes
March 9, 2012
Teema 2012: Töötajad omanikeks
March 8, 2012
Teema 2012: Välistööjõud
March 7, 2012
Why and How I Became a Stanford Student
February 28, 2012
Avaldasime internetivabaduse teesid
February 14, 2012
Internetikasutajate õigused kirja
February 11, 2012
2011
Fry’ing the Trolls
December 23, 2011
A Year With Estelon
December 5, 2011
On Tackling Really Hard Problems
October 27, 2011
Estonian Faire in London: Seedcamp Week 2011
September 9, 2011
Summer of Startups 2011
July 25, 2011
IT-hariduse intervjuu Arvutimaailmale
June 3, 2011
Finding The Best Medium Class Stereo Amplifier
May 28, 2011
When Annoying Software is Great
May 24, 2011
Product Manage Your Blog
May 23, 2011
Intervjuu Kolmeraudsele
May 1, 2011
Do Startup Weekends Help Create Startups?
March 17, 2011
Estonian State Budget Visualized
February 28, 2011
Using Your Voice
February 22, 2011
Välisinvesteeringud 2: tore ei ole tobe
February 21, 2011
Välisinvesteeringud, väljamurdmine maailma ja Mikser
February 20, 2011
Kuidas valida, keda valida?
February 17, 2011
Tallinn University Has a New Rector
February 14, 2011
sten.tamkivi.com Revamp
February 13, 2011
2009
Töötajate optsioonid: nässus süsteem hullemaks
November 13, 2009
Tehistõelisusest, filosoofiliselt
October 12, 2009
Lahendusi kommentaariläbu vastu
September 11, 2009
Intiimsusest, metaandmetest ja leidmisest
August 11, 2009
E-Maksuamet paremaks!
July 17, 2009
Has Your Job Expired?
June 11, 2009
Lihtne ettepanek: riigiametnik, ära lenda äriklassis!
April 30, 2009
OpenForum Europe
April 27, 2009
Ohtlik pensioni II samba peatamise retoorika
April 14, 2009
Minu Eesti Inspiratsioonikonverentsi ettekanne
April 3, 2009
A Day in Twitter User’s Life
April 3, 2009
On Skype and European Innovation at Stanford
March 20, 2009
Soov Vabariigi aastapäevaks
February 23, 2009
Presidendid omavahel
February 17, 2009
Interviewed by TigerPrises/ArcticStartup
January 29, 2009
Migration Misery: Feedburner becomes Google
January 23, 2009
A few more seats at ArcticEvening
January 21, 2009
China Is Larger Than Germany
January 15, 2009
Green Cars and Economic Stimuli
January 13, 2009
Blogimispõhimõtted
January 9, 2009
Swedbank, ambitsioonid ja innovatsioon
January 9, 2009
Skype 4.0 Beta 3 – UPDATED
January 7, 2009
Tired of Steve Jobs Health “Reports”
January 7, 2009
2008 Travel Report
January 6, 2009
2008
A little rant on values and innovation
December 29, 2008
Eesti haridussüsteem on Titanic
December 11, 2008
Tihe telereede
December 3, 2008
Eesti konkurentsivõime presentatsioon
November 28, 2008
Helge tulevik ja Lollide saar
November 28, 2008
Uutmoodi ettevõtjate riik
November 26, 2008
Tarkade inimeste Eesti tegevuskava
November 24, 2008
Restart konverentsilt
November 16, 2008
Eesti aasta ettevõtja valitud
November 6, 2008
Kaks tilka vett
November 6, 2008
More on CrushCamp
October 20, 2008
Psühholoogiline relv võitluseks idioot-kommentaatoritega
October 14, 2008
Making wine at Crushpad
October 10, 2008
Skype 4.0 is smaller again
October 7, 2008
Seedcamp 2008 was fun
September 21, 2008
Passime kodus teleka ees, sest see on ohutum
September 12, 2008
Visioonist Lahendusteni 2008
September 12, 2008
President’s Speech on Innovation
September 8, 2008
Summer – over and out
September 8, 2008
Seedcamp 2008 – apply fast!
August 4, 2008
ChinAfrica
June 30, 2008
Eesti vajab riskivõtjaid
June 30, 2008
Skype 4.0 beta 1 is out!
June 18, 2008
Tallink Taxi – Service Matters
May 30, 2008
Ingenious Motivator for Tech Investments
May 27, 2008
Apple/Yahoo’s Flashback from 11th Century
May 18, 2008
Rahulolev station.ee kasutaja
May 16, 2008
Estonian – the Most Insignificant Language?
May 15, 2008
Skype’i uue CEO esimene intervjuu
May 15, 2008
Video Call with Her Majesty
May 15, 2008
Numbers to Prove How Much I Love Skype Chats
May 14, 2008
Kuidas jõuda mugava E-Eestini? (ehk nimeseikluste lõpetuseks)
May 12, 2008
Surnult sündinud laps?
May 6, 2008
Teeme Ära: I’m so proud of my colleagues
May 5, 2008
Possibility of Innovation In a (not The) Valley
April 28, 2008
Skype for Your Mobile is here
April 25, 2008
Vaikiv ajastu
April 20, 2008
Parkimisest ehk aus olla on kulukas
April 13, 2008
Le Gavroche
March 30, 2008
Me-too Moments: iPhone
March 30, 2008
Encounters with the Really Smart Cab Drivers
March 18, 2008
Notting Hill Breakfast
March 2, 2008
On Estonia at The World
February 23, 2008
Kukul Külas
February 23, 2008
It is scary HOW thin the startup layer really is
February 16, 2008
Karu Tõde, mitte ainult ajakirjanike kohta
February 11, 2008
Tuulelohe lend 2008
February 8, 2008
Notes from Tekes R&D financing seminar
February 7, 2008
Uus IT Kolledzhi hoone
February 1, 2008
Sushi heaven
February 1, 2008
Virtuaalsest paberist Päevaleht
January 17, 2008
Laulev majandusrevolutsioon
January 16, 2008
Tööõigusest, kurja kapitalisti pilguga
January 14, 2008
Jaanuarikuiselt OpenCoffee’lt
January 10, 2008
Paberil ajakirjade tellimisodüsseia
January 9, 2008
OpenCoffee 10. jaanuaril!
January 7, 2008
Eesti 90 Logotype
January 7, 2008
How to Present Your Story (of Stuff)
January 4, 2008
More Channels, Fewer Better Messages
January 3, 2008
PR 2.0 and Brandless Marketing
January 2, 2008
8332 Cheers to You, 2008!
January 2, 2008
2007
MovableType4 Upgrade
December 31, 2007
2007 Travel Stats
December 30, 2007
Dinner Joys Galore
December 30, 2007
Mitchell’s number9dream
December 27, 2007
Happy Birthday, Mutant Disco!
December 22, 2007
Kõige pehmem on maanduda mülkas
December 19, 2007
Cash Hurts
December 18, 2007
Dominican Republic
December 14, 2007
Tallinna esimene OpenCoffee juba homme
December 5, 2007
Veel viiteid majanduskriisihuvilistele
November 16, 2007
Mis võiks Eestil majanduskriisist kasu olla?
November 11, 2007
A Lot Of People Doing Wrong Things in Estonia
November 8, 2007
Which Michelin gave Hakkasan Their Star?
November 8, 2007
Nice Welcome Surprise
November 6, 2007
Alustuseks tasuta kohvi
November 2, 2007
Thermal Portrait Snatched From Museum
October 27, 2007
Emotional Hours at Wembley
October 16, 2007
Tere, Flickr!
October 9, 2007
私は東京を愛する!
October 9, 2007
Charity And Consumption Have Issues In Common
September 27, 2007
Uus Eesti.ee
September 25, 2007
Otseühendus informaatikanõukogust
September 25, 2007
Give a Hundred to Save a Million Kids? Nah…
September 24, 2007
A bunch of good Skype mashups
September 19, 2007
Deep Thoughts on Immigration
September 10, 2007
Hang a Pet to Be Alone
September 5, 2007
Street Name as a Brand
September 5, 2007
Two Feet On the Ground in London
September 3, 2007
Blip.TV Beats YouTube on Quality
August 27, 2007
34 Knots
August 26, 2007
Correction: Estonian entry to Seedcamp
August 24, 2007
Lonely Estonian at Seedcamp
August 21, 2007
Tööjõukriis juustuletis
August 16, 2007
Solving the Home Storage Problem
August 10, 2007
Burgundy
August 1, 2007
PlinkPlonk 2007
July 21, 2007
How to Make 8.5 Million Percent Profit on Water
July 18, 2007
Fair Warning
July 17, 2007
Superstition
July 16, 2007
Haircut of the Day
July 16, 2007
Mashup request: Skype and del.icio.us
July 12, 2007
Upcoming book on internet effects in Estonia and elsewhere
July 12, 2007
Chocolate Fountain
July 9, 2007
Plaadiarvustuste metatasand
July 5, 2007
You can now add video to Skype Moodmessages
July 5, 2007
Invitation: spend a week in London to get your startup kickstarted
July 4, 2007
How to get 7% of a nation on a single picture?
July 2, 2007
Dobré ráno!
July 2, 2007
Confusing way to say No Smoking
June 26, 2007
Morning Miso
June 26, 2007
Visual Connotations in the World of Rabbits
June 24, 2007
Toad with Military Training
June 23, 2007
Le Table des Guilloux
June 22, 2007
Safe Working Environment
June 15, 2007
Välistööjõud? Tulge järgmisel aastal tagasi, siis teame ehk rohkem
June 15, 2007
There is hope for European startups
June 13, 2007
K800i Rulez Flickr
June 12, 2007
Ma ei taha, et kõik helged pead Skype’i tööle tulevad
June 11, 2007
Hot Hot Estonia
June 11, 2007
British Police in Tallinn
June 7, 2007
This is not a Screen, check the Screen
June 6, 2007
Cheers, Lads! This is your Ambassador
June 6, 2007
Tulekahju Emajõe ääres
June 2, 2007
Jaapani Post versus Eesti Post
May 31, 2007
East Capital Summit
May 30, 2007
Joined the Board of Praxis
May 29, 2007
Life Up North
May 29, 2007
Perfect swing?
May 28, 2007
No More Trackbacks
May 25, 2007
Branson’s Screw It, Let’s Do It
May 24, 2007
Happy Birthday, Eesti Kroon!
May 23, 2007
Talking with Computers: video
May 22, 2007
Golf Season Teed Off
May 20, 2007
Gram of a Gigabyte
May 15, 2007
Tahad välismaal õppida? Tule võta raha.
May 14, 2007
Change of an Architecture Era
May 13, 2007
More on massive cyber attacks against Estonia
May 13, 2007
Palju, aga samas ka vähe tarku inimesi
May 11, 2007
Kuidas kukkus Skype välja nii lihtne, et minu vanaisa sellega hakkama saab?
May 11, 2007
Museum of Modern Betas
May 9, 2007
Shel is worried about Estonia
May 8, 2007
Hetkel eetris: KaPo, Luik ja pronkssõdur
May 7, 2007
Smoking kills?
May 7, 2007
Millal saab telefoni teel suudelda?*
May 4, 2007
Time Machine in Tallinn
May 2, 2007
Post-bluescreen errors
May 2, 2007
Riots in Tallinn
April 29, 2007
Pied á Terre
April 27, 2007
Chef Risto’s Magic
April 20, 2007
Kaval ants või trikisipelgad?
April 19, 2007
Esimene pimekohting, edukas
April 18, 2007
Wii + Finetune: Living Room Jukebox
April 18, 2007
Web 2.0 Applications I Use
April 16, 2007
Some berries are blacker than others
April 14, 2007
Ponies as Gifts, Explained
April 12, 2007
Bye-bye Nokia E70
April 9, 2007
London Design Museum
April 8, 2007
Skypespotting
April 7, 2007
Vinyl logos
April 5, 2007
New job title
April 3, 2007
Luxembourg valley
April 2, 2007
Two men and a baby
April 1, 2007
SkypePrime meets Hite Prime
March 30, 2007
My first OpenCoffeeClub
March 29, 2007
“Roheline” pealinn?
March 28, 2007
Son VS Father, 1:0
March 28, 2007
Positively Ideating Futuristic Communicator-Wooer
March 27, 2007
iPod revisited
March 25, 2007
Skype’i töötajate blogid Eesti “oluliseimad”
March 22, 2007
Kirjutasin oma rahvasaadikule
March 22, 2007
London calling
March 19, 2007
Posh Trash
March 16, 2007
Very very international
March 14, 2007
Itching nose
March 11, 2007
iWii
March 6, 2007
Pre-election graffiti
March 4, 2007
Fetch your own food
March 4, 2007
Business to Business to Consumer
March 1, 2007
Aitäh, härra President!
February 25, 2007
Innovatsioon Eestis ja Euroopas
February 23, 2007
My new job: first launch
February 22, 2007
Palju õnne: Tiigrihüpe 10!
February 21, 2007
Un-age your brain
February 19, 2007
Milleks need reportaazhid?
February 17, 2007
Muinsustervitus
February 17, 2007
Okonomiyaki @ Abeno
February 15, 2007
Valentine the Cat
February 14, 2007
Sissepekstud autoaken
February 9, 2007
Cynensis R&D conference
February 8, 2007
Subconscious alert
February 4, 2007
Paar päeva Eesti majanduspoliitika tegelikel teemadel
February 3, 2007
Vacation complete, e-mail dead
January 31, 2007
Double your revenues
January 24, 2007
Not-so-safety chair
January 23, 2007
Aeg on sport
January 22, 2007
Liminal devices, or if iPhone met Wii
January 20, 2007
Domestic financial animals
January 20, 2007
Riesling on fire
January 14, 2007
Mökudraiving
January 12, 2007
AAPL post-iPhone announcement
January 11, 2007
Paikne koer ekslikult ÄPO esikaanel
January 9, 2007
Välistööjõud: jää hakkab sulama
January 9, 2007
EsTraadiTopi pleilist
January 8, 2007
2006 Travel Summary
January 8, 2007
Seikatsu?
January 7, 2007
Experience from Building Skype – a Global Company from Europe
January 5, 2007
Back in business
January 5, 2007
2006
We’ll crash you in NY
December 14, 2006
Magyar goodies
December 8, 2006
Disain kui hambavalu
November 26, 2006
Welcome to Estonia, kõigi maade tööturistid!
September 7, 2006
Imprisoned snowman
February 25, 2006
Teeni päevaga miljon
January 16, 2006
2005
Need a Towel of the Year, Sir?
December 10, 2005
Chocolate E
December 2, 2005
Summer is supposed to be over
October 30, 2005
Three stops
October 28, 2005
Arvuti pihus, tuvi katusel
May 18, 2005
Unikaalsed identifikaatorid eesti online mööbliäris
May 16, 2005
Sülg-tilgub-otse-LCDle
May 13, 2005
Läbirääkimised
May 13, 2005