26 November 2014
Episode 163
52 minutes
We visit Slush in Helsinki to meet Spotify’s Martin Lorentzon in a sauna, hear the nightlife success story of Francisco Ferrer from Ibiza's Lio, visit the Creative Business Cup in Copenhagen, and Sebastian Nienaber explains his new event Hacking Happiness.
26 November 2014
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