Otto Hilska
6 Splash Points
3 followers
2 votes
1 company followed
Following Followers

Otto Hilska

Founder, CEO, Flowdock
Helsinki, Finland Finland
Business owner, Student
Member since December 29, 2011
Quote
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay Quote_down
About Otto
Work/education
Activities
Company profile(s)
Following
I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

Nodeta, Flowdock

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

Facebook, GitHub, Zendesk, 10gen, Ovelin

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

Taking too long to validate crucial parts of the business model.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

- Your initial assumptions are wrong, validate them.
- Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
- Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

Full bio

Founder of Nodeta Consulting, Nodeta Hosting, APIdock and now Flowdock.

8+ years of software entrepreneurship, agile methods, huge Ruby on Rails projects, real-time web and scalable architectures.