Foreign Founders Meetup: Soft skills & resilience for foreign founders

Hey, foreign founder – this event series is for you!

Building a startup is demanding and doing it in a foreign country adds an extra layer of complexity. Estonia offers a strong, digital-first startup ecosystem, but adapting to a new cultural environment, leadership expectations, and personal pressure can take its toll.

Meetup vol. 6 focuses on soft skills and mental resilience—critical foundations for long-term leadership and entrepreneurship. While technical and business skills matter, sustainable founder journeys are built on self-awareness, stress management, and the ability to adapt and lead under pressure. This session aims to support foreign founders in preventing burnout and developing a more conscious leadership style in the Estonian context.

Here’s what we’ve planned
📘 Workshop: Burnout prevention & leading as a foreigner
A practical session focused on stress management, work–life balance, and leading teams while navigating a new cultural environment.

🎤 Panel Discussion:
A conversation with a psychologist, a startup mentor, and a foreign founder operating in Estonia. The panel will share honest experiences around mental resilience, coping with difficult periods, and adapting as a leader in a foreign startup ecosystem.

🤝 Networking:
An informal networking session to connect with fellow foreign founders, exchange experiences, and build meaningful peer connections.

Agenda
17:30–18:00 – Arrivals, snacks & drinks
18:00–18:50 – Workshop
18:50–19:00 – Break
19:00–19:30 – Panel discussion
19:30–21:00 – Networking

🔜 Speakers will be announced soon!

📅 Date: March 12, 2026
📍 Location: Pipedrive office, Tallinn

Register now to secure your spot- it’s FREE!
The event will be held in English.

🔗 Check out what the Foreign Founders Meetup series is all about here.

Foreign Founders Meetup is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.