Author Archives: Lari

Greetings from LeWeb’11

Day one of LeWeb started in what seems to be the traditional format – cold, raining with not working WiFi. But once the 3300 people started to enter the halls, they soon heated up to an uncomfortable level. The main hall was apparently packed really tightly, so once in you were almost trapped in your seat, if someone from the … Continue reading

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Spring 2012 Startup Sauna

Startup Sauna is a seed accelerator program for early-stage startups in Northern Europe and Russia. Application period is now open!

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Alex Stubb, Pekka Lundmark & Risto Siilasmaa among others taking part in Steve Blank week

“Build a bold vision. Then make it bigger.” - Kristian Segerstråle. Steve Blanks visit to Finland is shaking up the ecosystem grounds up. The rascal of entrepreneurship education announced his visit in July – here’s a small update on what has happened since. First, some numbers. We have already over 2500 individuals signed up for the events. The biggest lectures (Monday and Friday) … Continue reading

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SW & HW Engineers & An Intern @ Asema

Asema Electronics specializes in consumer terminals for the next generation energy network, the Smart Grid. We produce touchscreen displays, wireless controllers and services that help people manage their energy consumption in a way that saves energy, money and the environment. We are on our mission in making the world a tiny bit better by using our engineering skills to solve … Continue reading

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iPhone Developer & Lead Android Developer @ Plango

Opportunity to redefine calendar for generation Y in a highly ambitious social mobile startup team GoAct, Inc. is mobile startup that develops Plango, a mobile social calendar for Facebook, available as native iOS app and web application. Plango makes it fun and easy to make plans with your friends, on the go. Plango combines elements of social media with calendaring … Continue reading

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Quality Engineer / Thesis Worker @ Modz

Note! Only in Finnish   Laatuinsinööri / diplomi- tai pro gradu -työn tekijä MODZ Oy Viimeinen hakupvm: 16.9.2011 Haku: pietari.paivanen@modz.fi   Tehtävän kuvaus    Laatuinsinööri / lopputyön tekijä   MODZ Oy hakee opintojensa loppuvaiheessa olevaa tai juuri valmistunutta insinööriä laadunvalvonta- ja testaustehtäviin. Tarjoamme mahdollisuutta osa-aikaiseen työskentelyyn ja/tai lopputyösi liittämistä osaksi toimenkuvaasi yrityksessämme.   Tehtäviisi kuuluvat sertifioidun ISO 13485 -laatujärjestelmämme kehittämis- ja … Continue reading

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Once More With Feeling: Summer of Startups Demo Day 2011

We’ve had a few days to recover from last week’s Summer of Startups Demo Day extravaganza but we take one more opportunity to say it out loud: ALL THE TEAMS THOROUGHLY ROCKED AND WE HAD ONE BLAST OF A SUMMER!!! The spectacular demo day was the icing on the cake celebrating the 10 weeks of super hard work from the teams … Continue reading

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SW Architect & Web Developer @ Warrantify

Ever wonder how it would be the ‘change makers’? Imagine building a website that sparked a movement. That’s the kind of opportunity we’re offering you at Warrantify. So what’s the ‘challenge’ we’re working on? Paper warranties and receipts. As simple as that.   During the retail checkout process today, consumers often leave the store with a paper receipt longer than … Continue reading

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Summer of Startups 2011 Demo Day: It Takes a Community to Raise a Startup

Summer of Startups, the 10-week entrepreneurial program for the most ambitious students and researchers from not only Finland but all over the world (this year’s edition included teams from India and Russia and even more nationalities!) came to an end today at a spectacular Demo Day! The event featured Playfish’ Kristian Segerstråle (whose lecture is gonna be online soon enough, but as … Continue reading

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Live Blog Post: Alex Osterwalder

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Jobs: Developer @ Playmysong

Playmysong is looking for a developer to join our adventure of changing the way we hear music. Our service turns every mobile phone into a remote control for music in bars, cafes, stores and parties. Playmysong is also a social discovery service for music, people and venues. Candidates should have at least some knowledge about: – Developing software for mobile … Continue reading

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Sami Inkinen: Go Big or Go Home

Returning to his alma mater, Sami Inkinen, founder of Trulia addressed the Summer of Startups and a 150+ audience on last Friday morning. His talk structures around the ten lessons learned in his schooling and career that has spanned from technical physics to corporates like Nokia and McKinsey and a quick stint in Stanford MBA program to launching Trulia, the US’ … Continue reading

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Notes from two white-hot weeks of startup life in San Francisco

Cross-posted from Startup Life -blog. Vuokko Aro spent two weeks with Startup Life interns writing about their internships. Here she shares some of her own experiences in California.  San Francisco isn’t a city. Well, that too, but most of all it’s a mindset. If you haven’t been there, you’ll be like, Whatever, not that bs again… but if you’ve been, you’ll already be crying,Yes! There’s … Continue reading

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Jobs: Web services architect & developer @ HAKEMA

Are you looking for complexity of work to keep your mind challenged, freedom to make decisions and high rewards for your work. In addition to great international exposure, you will be contributing to build a company with an experienced and enthusiastic team and will be a part of the growth? This excellent opportunity is waiting for a technical architect, with … Continue reading

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Jobs: Technical leader/Partner @ ZapMeet

Do you search a young company where you can make significant contribution, earn a lot of valuable experience and be part of the success of opportunity of growing business? Do you want to be a partner and technical leader of start-up company? WHO WE ARE? ZapMeet is a little company in area of meeting scheduling. We have an experience of … Continue reading

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