Wow, what a week. I guess that’s pretty much what we have thought at the end of each week of the Summer of Startups rollercoaster. Life and adventure at the fullest. We’re team Health Puzzle. We’re building an interactive health application platform that offers personalized, mobile health apps based on an individual’s genetic composition, environmental factors and medical history. This …

I’m Miguel from VitaSensis. We are developing a motion sensor device for the elderly market. We come to SoS from a different path than the other teams. We are a kind of an exchange startup from Oporto university incubator, promoted by Startup Pirates, the startup exchange program. We welcome this opportunity, because we were already planning to be here, and …

Greetings from team GroundUp! We have been enjoying the roller coaster ride that is SoS 2012, and we are tickled pink to bring you Week 4′s blog post update. First, our quick backstory: We are a team of 3 engineering, business and design minds, working to engage and empower the concerned individuals who want to make a positive difference in …

Hello all readers, we at Breakit are proud to be writing this week’s blog post. Breakit shows what’s happening around you. People love to share and people also love easily digestible information, like for example pictures. Breakit combines these two with the aim of showing people what’s happening around them. With Breakit anyone can easily create news by snapping a picture and adding a short …

Here’s a guest blog by Antti Virolainen of Sharetribe. From Finnish point of view Chile is in the far end of the world, but the idea of going there to build your startup for half a year is not as far-fetched as it might sound. The reason for this is the Start-Up Chile program, that the Chilean government started in 2010. …

Hi, we are team Arency. We bridge the gap between reality and virtual world. We help people to choose, to decorate and to buy the best furniture with our services. Over the week, our idea has been developed under invaluable guidance from the mentors and several helpful workshops organized by the Aaltoes team. The first and most important we learnt from last week …

We are netMedi –bringing doctors and patients together. Have you ever woken up in the morning feeling sick, but still not sure if to go to the doctor? Have you been to the doctor, and afterwards wondered what the diagnosis was or what the follow-up actions should be? Difficulties in doctor-patient communication should not be a health risk. netMedi will solve these problems …

Summer of Startups 2012 batch teams had a great opportunity to kick-off the presence in the program with an intensive, practical and hands-on Build it hackathon. The idea behind this weekend long activity was to focus on practice and building rather than theory and planning. Since Build it is one of many Aaltoes activities it was open to the public …

Happy news is in: Kippt, a startup formed by two Aaltoes alumni Jori and Karri, has been selected to the most recent batch of Y Combinator, the ledgendary seed accelerator based in San Francisco, US. To read more about Kippt’s YC adventures, head to TechCrunch. Kippt is a simple bookmarking service, the fastest way to collect, organize and share online …

Our second edition of Build it, the weekend-long hackathon finished on Sunday evening and marked the end of Founders’ Week. It’s been a long week, yet we’re thrilled and humbled by the energy and excitement demonstrated by the Build It & Summer of Startups teams. Builders after the 48-hour stretch: Party on! This time taking part in Build it marathon were …

What will happen today Today, it’s 10 am at the Venture Garage and it’s time for breakfast! The teams have a small breather before the long hacking session awaiting them for today. After the breakfast we’ll have a keynote on “how to build better products” with Reaktor’s Sami Honkonen. And here’s a Retrospective on What Happened on Friday Summer of …

(tl;dr: Cool mobile conference, one of our coaches is involved. Click here to read more) One of our Coaches – Aape Pohjavirta – has been actively involved in the creation of a global community of mobile passionistas – MLOVE. MLOVE is a community built around people and events. Though the backdrop is mobile, the goal is to stimulate new ideas …

As a swan song for the tremendously inspirational Founders’ week, SoS decided to kick-off this year’s program with top gear! On top of Sami Inkinen’s inspirational keynote, we’ll be having a fireside chat with one of  the most influential female founders Caterina Fake, the co-founder of Flickr. As one of the principal “Web 2.0″ sites, Flickr integrates features such as social …

Yesterday the Founders’ week was kicked off. First we had a welcoming event at the Aalto Venture Garage, where the Founders shared their lessons and the audience asked a lot of great questions. In the morning some of the key topics where the reasons for Silicon Valley’s unique culture and what can we do to create something similiar in Helsinki. …

Last Build it was a huge success. Once again, Aaltoes proudly presents second Build it for all those who want to make their weekends special. This time, it’s going to be even better!  Great lessons, good food, and interesting people, every ingredient is set for you! You can get a ticket here What is Build it? Build it is a hackathon where designers, developers, and business …