Keynote given at http://www.futureofidentity.org in Tallinn, Estonia on September 1st. Laying the global talent mobility context for what increasing talent mobility will mean for government competition, and how Estonia's e-residency program will create an unfair advantage to grow the economy despite of low physical immigration.

1. Future of Identity:
Competing for Talent
in the Digital Age
Sten Tamkivi, CEO

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Modern work can be done from anywhere
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Knowledge workers are increasingly moving around
Hire, or get hired Face time with team
Escape tax & regulatory burdenReduce commute
Raise funding
Spend time with clients Live a fulfilling life
Bootstrap or extend runway
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There is no single best place for everything
Engineers
Users
Designers
Funding
Climate
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Choice for Individuals:
Move to Your Best Place to Live and Work
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Teleport Cities
teleport.org
Discover your best place to live
and work among 150+ cities
around the world
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Early traction: 190,000 knowledge workers

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City Performance:
Life vs Work

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Challenge for Places:
All Governments Compete for Every Citizen
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3.5 mld
people have jobs
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1.5 mld
mobile workers
700M (45%)
knowledge workers
350M
Teleport market
232M
living abroad
680M
work remotely
(19.5% of all
workers)
665M(19%)
seeking jobs
420M(64%)
seekers willing to consider
offers abroad
Potential economic shift:
$1.75T

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Silicon Valley is fantastic, but...
Source: Atomico Source: AngelList, Teleport

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“Every high tech job creates five new jobs outside
the tech sector in a given urban area over time.”
“High tech jobs are the cause of urban area
prosperity, and doctors, lawyers, carpenters and
yoga teachers are the effect."
-- Enrico Moretti, The New Geography of Jobs

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Opportunity for Estonia:
Connect Physical and Virtual (as usual)
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Source: European Commission
100k

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7,130,000,000
World population
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100,000
Talent gap in Estonia
Being just +50% more attractive
than average is enough
350,000,000
Mobile talent in the World
= 0.028%
1,311,800
Estonian population
= 0.017%

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3.5 mld
people have jobs
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1.5 mld
mobile workers
700M (45%)
knowledge workers
350M
Teleport market
232M
living abroad
680M
work remotely
(19.5% of all
workers)
665M(19%)
seeking jobs
420M(64%)
seekers willing to consider
offers abroad
0.001317M
Immigration quota in Estonia

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100k new jobs can leverage into additional work for 500k Estonians:
+50k smart jobs by 2025 at current migration rates
+50k smart jobs still up for discussion:
2X more young Europeans?
Raising quotas?
....?

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Talent Attraction Hack of this Century:
Expand Economy with E-Residents

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Recurring Mobility Loop of the Digital Age:
Tech matches Talents with their next best
Place to build more Tech.
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