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Nicolas Dolenc
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A founder's friend - Writing thoughts on Just Thoughts - For the curious, the bold, and the quietly restless. A creative lab for rethinking how we live, work, and lead.

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My evergreen content: Life as balance, the spinner analogy and how I find purpose.

#life #purpose #selfreflection

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Just Thoughts #41: Two decades of life experience summarised in less than 10-minutes
That's how much time people have to for a life story anyway right?
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November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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GTM is not the same in every domain. Interviewed 5 doers to cover the differences and used some of your content @martenmickos.bsky.social as you a world expert on Open Source GTM ;)

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Just Thoughts #54: The GTM master framework.
Five doers interviewed, two thought leaders sourced for content, one prompt to tie everything to a framework ready to be re-written.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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From one interview to Femcode’s kickoff at Antler, where Mari Luukkainen vibe-coded a dog meatball tracker while talking about scaling Freska to €30M ARR and building multiple SaaS in months. Now she’s switching gears on Herizon: the global employment engine for immigrants.

#startups #vibecoding
Just Thought #53: Byte-Coded Vibes at Antler (Femcode Kickoff Edition)
At the Femcode kickoff, Mari Luukkainen showed what happens when code becomes conversation.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Quantum hacker Lars Lydersen on the Defense Tech Supercycle
Telegram’s Pavel Durov, the untouchable communicator
Both ask: What are we really building for?
👉 Read the full edition

#DefenseTech #Startups #AI #ContentCreation #Innovation #EthicalTech #Storycrafter #QuantumComputing #Telegram
Just Thoughts #52: VC Supercycles, and platform creating founders.
Converging worlds of defense technology, digital freedom, and cryptographic integrity, drawing insights from personal networks, social media, AI research & leading podcasts
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November 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Two bestselling Finnish startup books are shaping how the next generation thinks about leadership and ambition.
But what if they’re teaching us to build for a world that no longer exists?
👉 Read the full reflection on Just Thoughts.

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Just Thoughts #51: The Book's, The Hype, and What We Missed Along the Way
Two bestselling Finnish startup books, one evolving ecosystem. What they reveal—and forget—about leadership, ambition, and belonging.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Writing in swedish covering three other swedish speaking finns and their thoughts

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Just Thoughts Swedish edition: Att Skriva på Svenska
An essay about the Swedish-Speaking finns at the book fair in Helsinki 2025 turned into an audio podcast in English. This is Just Thoughts in Swedish.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Finnish basketball, Denzel Washington, and AI music might seem worlds apart.

However, they all wrestle with the same question: can we believe under pressure?

New Just Culture essay: When the Game Ends, the Story Begins.

#basketball #aimusic #moviereviews

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Just Culture #23: When the Game Ends, the Story Begins
Where sports, film, and AI music collide: finding the same human heartbeat in systems built for performance.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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An ”old school” classy night out in Helsinki. New school would’ve been clubbin at 6pm and home by 10pm. A less classy night out would’ve been in Kallio & Komplexi. Know your city 💪🏻

Click to read and find out where to go!

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Just Culture #22: A night out in Helsinki
What started as wings with the fam turned into a tour of Helsinki’s best bars, unexpected philosophy on situational awareness, and a diamond dealer from New York.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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What’s it like being a health tech entreprenour from Finland?

Read to find out.

#entreprenourship #healthtech #founderstories

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What's It Like Being a Health Tech Entrepreneur from Finland?
Why Finnish health tech founders trade unicorn dreams for mission control, and why they're still winning.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Why does it make sense to still learn languages, when AI can translate in seconds? Read to find out.

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Just Poems #16: The love that never goes away
Handwritten three language poem, and the value of translators & learning languages in an AI-driven world, with instant audio translation being comodotized.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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#spokenwordpoetry #poetry

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Just Poems #16: The Small infinite Series
The creation of a visual and auditory poetry collection in collaboration with AI
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September 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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How fast can you create content that sounds like you?
Lessons from Johanna Småros (Relex) & Santtu Koivumäki (Zero) on growth and staying authentic in a zero-click world.

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#startups #founders #content #branding #leadership #entrepreneurship
Just Thoughts #50: How Fast Can You Create Online Content, and Why Founders Should Treat It Like Code
Why consistency, proof, and founder-level storytelling, from Johanna Småros of Relex to Santtu Koivumäki of Zero, turn content from a side task into a growth engine.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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🚀 New on Just Thoughts
AI won’t erase 99% of jobs—and the smartest sci-fi proves it.

From a deep conversation with Dr. Hernani Costa on human-centered AI,

#AI #Storytelling #Dune #Foundation #AlteredCarbon #FutureOfWork #StoryCrafter

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Just Thoughts Podcast #9: Human-Centered AI, Smarter Sci-Fi, and a New Way to Craft Stories
From Dr. Hernani Costa’s responsible AI insights to dismantling “99% job loss” myths with Dune, Foundation, and Altered Carbon, and how those ideas come alive in my new venture Storycrafter.
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September 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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How far can you go as a non-technical founder trying to solve a problem you have for everyone? Jose Sanchez has built a product for expats, digital nomads, and active travellers to help them save money by making sense of their insurance coverage

#vibecoding #entreprenourship #travelling
Just Products #11: Using Lovable & Claude to build an app as a non-technical founder
Watch now | Jose Sánchez on Building Norte — a tool to simplify credit card coverage. From creative director to founder, Jose uses Lovable & Claude to unlock new possibilities.
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September 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM