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Entrepreneurs

Incubating talent
Startup Sauna, Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (Aaltoes), Finland
Business & innovationEntrepreneurs

Incubating talent

Innovative programs such as Startup Sauna and New Factory groom startups for competition on the global market.

Tagged in BusinessEconomyEntrepreneurs
Ideas and money flow at Slush Helsinki
Slush Helsinki, startups, entrepreneurs, investors, Angry Birds, Peter Vesterbacka, Supercell, Ilkka Paananen, Jyrki Katainen, Arkady Dvorkovich, Amazon, Nokia, Finland
Business & innovationEconomy

Ideas and money flow at Slush Helsinki

Our reporter sends an update from among the throngs of investors and startup entrepreneurs at Slush Helsinki.

Tagged in EconomyEntrepreneurs
Oulu startups pitch till midnight
Finnish, Finland, games industry, gaming, Startup, Nokia, Oulu, Laturi, MyPose, Bill Reichert, BusinessOulu, Midnight Pitch Fest
Business & innovationEntrepreneurs

Oulu startups pitch till midnight

Thanks to events like Midnight Pitch Fest, Finland’s northern city of Oulu is becoming known as the city of startups.

Tagged in EntrepreneursFinlandTechnology
Nordic superfoods: from forest to table
Johan & Nyström café, Pasi Kokko, Liisa, Finnish superfoods, berries, Everyman’s Right, Pasi Kokko, Katajanokka, Helsinki, Finland
Life & societyCuisine

Nordic superfoods: from forest to table

Helsinki’s Johan & Nyström café serves Finnish berries and raw food in delicious treats that are good for you, too.

Tagged in CuisineEntrepreneurs
Experience as fashion, times ten
Business & innovationEntrepreneurs

Experience as fashion, times ten

With everything from exotic designer-label clothing to designer chewing gum, lifestyle store Helsinki10 offers a unique environment where shopping is about experience and discovery.

Tagged in Entrepreneurs
Engineer becomes entrepreneur in Finland
Indian immigrant, entrepreneur, business, Asian and African cuisine, Helsinki, Espoo, Finland
Business & innovationEconomy

Engineer becomes entrepreneur in Finland

What happens when an Indian immigrant in Finland leaves behind a stable job to test the waters of entrepreneurship?

Tagged in EconomyEntrepreneursWork
Finns help startups reach New York
Nest New York, Finnish startup businesses, Finland, America
Business & innovationEntrepreneurs

Finns help startups reach New York

A new programme called Nest New York provides young companies with everything they need to set up shop in Silicon Alley.

Tagged in Entrepreneurs
Farmer becomes maritime man of steel
Business & innovationEntrepreneurs

Farmer becomes maritime man of steel

Hans Langh’s curiosity and innate problem-solving ability carried him from farming to an innovative shipping empire.

Tagged in EconomyEntrepreneurs

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