My tips and tricks for staying sane, from what to pack to how to keep busy — For the last 13 days, I have been locked up alone in hotel quarantine in Sydney. Thankfully, I have been lucky to stay in a spacious room in the Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel with a harbour view and lots of light. Given I am working remotely full time and am…

Planning your trip, preparing to fly and tips for international travel — Soon after the coronavirus was proclaimed a global pandemic by the WHO in March 2020, Australia moved quickly to fortify its borders. Now, over a year on, this has culminated in a variety of border restrictions and biosecurity measures for people wanting to visit (or leave) the country. In short…

At least one e-resident-founded startup guaranteed in the top 40 and the chance to pitch at sTARTUp Day. Applications open until 1 August. — sTARTUp Day is fast approaching! The iconic Estonian business festival, which brings together startups, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, and students in the gorgeous university town of Tartu, will take place online and in-person over 3 days from 25 to 27 August 2021. …

German-based e-resident Santiago Cartamil-Bueno found the perfect home for his deep-tech digital startup SCALE Nanotech OÜ in Estonia — After months of frustration of trying to set up a company in Germany, Santiago Cartamil-Bueno was on his honeymoon in Montenegro in August 2018 when he finally pulled up the Estonian e-Residency application on his smartphone and filled it out. “That’s how you know it didn’t take very long, or…

E-residents no longer need to visit Estonia to use the services of a local notary thanks to remote authentication of notarial acts — This blog post was written in collaboration with the Estonian Chamber of Notaries. Visit their website to find out more about the e-notary services. A lucky coincidence in otherwise unfortunate circumstances: last year, weeks before the global pandemic broke out, the Estonian Chamber of Notaries launched its new platform of…

E-resident startup founders: discover the benefits of the AWS Activate programme and learn how to get free AWS credits! — Recently, e-Residency happily welcomed AWS Activate provider Cloudvisor as a new member of our Marketplace. This is great news for e-resident startup founders, who want to apply for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) startup program AWS Activate. From Airbnb to Zocdoc, the world’s top startups build on AWS. Even familiar…

A guide for designated authors to the e-Residency blog — Write story in your author account (don’t worry too much about formatting or editing as the e-Residency Head of Content can do this). Make sure to add any images you want to include (or send them to me by email). Do not publish before submitting to publication. Add the article to the e-Residency blog. You will find this option under the 3 dots in the top right hand corner, i.e.

Estonia digitally signs cooperation agreement with the ESA, made possible because its Director-General is an e-resident — Last week was a momentous day for Estonia’s space ambitions as well as for e-Residency. On 12 May, Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher met virtually with Estonia’s Minister for Entrepreneurship and Technology Andres Sutt and agreed to increase Estonia’s participation in the European space sector. …

Tips and tricks from experienced founders and service providers to help you launch the next big thing in SaaS — A successful SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) business can be extremely profitable as it generally has high margins, recurring revenue, and can be run with a lean and remote team. Plus, a longstanding love affair between VC investors and SaaS continues to attract investment and acquisitions.