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November 26, 2021

Welcome to Slush — 12 tips on how to get the most out of it

Sifted’s how-to on successfully surviving the darkest tech conference in Europe


Julius Konttinen

Next week Helsinki will be taken over by thousands of founders going to the European startup event of the year — Slush.

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