#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 Subscribe to Joy of Finland newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/71f82ff8e623/joy-of-finland Follow Matthews Joy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsjoy/ Follow Monika Liikamaa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monikaliikamaa/  Follow Joy of Finland on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@joy_of_finland Follow Joy of Finland on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyoffinland Follow Joy of Finland on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyoffinland/ Follow Joy of Finland on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joy-of-finland/