BHershewitz

This quote really grated on me: "At my company we managed to have 100 percent retention until the very end. I was extremely proud of that and of my staff for pushing forward in a world of uncertainty".

Pushing forward...further into the abyss, further into a negatively-sloped opportunity cost curve, further into a start-up that'll scar their CVs and render future employment more difficult? You may call that loyalty, but I call it irrationality unless their equity compensation was adjusted for the risk you imposed on them. These people weren't "your" staff; they were employees tied to your company only by a contractual obligation. You didn't own them. They weren't your property. And despite your ego and delusions of grandeur, you weren't doing them favors by continuing their employment. Their tenure shouldn't be celebrated, it should be emphasized as a cautionary tale.

It took me a really long time to understand why that shirt (apart from simply being ugly) would be considered offensive to women. I think the author of this article should engage in some introspective self-criticism and try to pinpoint the psychological factors that cause her to get so upset at trivial externalities that dont completely synch with her worldview.

This is kind of misleading. Many of the start-ups on that list are headquartered (or host major operations) outside of Estonia; they're considered Estonian only because the founders hold Estonian nationality. You wouldn't call start-ups headquartered in the US and founded by Indians "Indian start-ups", would you?