President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves in Japan. * Estonia has the highest number of startups in the world. * 5 out of 10 startups survive that is exceptional rate. * London startup pitching festival invited 30 best startups from Europe to participate and 7 out of 30 was Estonian. We got 1 place and 3 place. 1st place winner GrabCad donated their prize of 50 000 euros to 2nd place as they didnt need it. * Government has been working itself for 20 years as startup and has tried to create the best environment for growth and innovation. * Goal of governent is to stimulate IT services. * Estonia has the most secure IT solutions with encryption even stronger than Lavabit (that was closed down because NSA couldnt crack it) * 99% of income tax returns are filed online 98% of banking transactions are done online 6 elections (president, parliament etc) using eVoting (25% of voters voted online) 98% doctor prescriptions online. * Digital signature law that equals digital signature to physical (this legislation doesnt exist in most countries) * first in the world 2-countries digital signature signed agreement in the world was between Estonia and Finland last year * You can establish new company in 18 minutes * Government is interested in creating transparency by IT solutions. If we take a look at the house of ex-president Janukovich, then in Estonia it couldnt be done. All taxes and income is reported and controlled by IT systems and you cannot bribe a computer. * We are introducing children from early age to computers to get used to the IT environment https://youtube/watch?v=usyHrXZq6z8
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:28:44 +0000
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