#4 Monika Liikamaa, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Enfuce - Finnish Education, Healthcare, Envious Attitudes, and Rise of Populism

Joy of Finland highlights Finland’s strengths and areas of improvement.

Monika Liikamaa is the Co-founder and co-CEO of the fintech payment service provider Enfuce. Monika’s career involves 20+ years of experience in the payment industry. Enfuce has raised a total of €62 million in funding, including one of the highest investment rounds raised by a female-led business. 

In this episode, we discuss:

(0:00) Preview

(0:55) About me and introduction

(2:06) About Monika

(6:51) Advocating for women in tech

(9:22) Building a diverse team

(10:06) Challenges with scaling a company

(12:05) Finland’s strengths

(14:29) Education in Finland

(16:39) Equality in society

(19:46) Confusing being apologetic with humility leads to envious attitudes

(22:23) Shortsighted attitudes like populism and protectionism mitigated by education

(23:36) Employee ownership and taxation

(24:34) Rise of racism and populism during hard times

(26:28) Refugees and getting people to come to Finland

(27:10) Getting more people to Finland

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