This flowchart was built through conversations with Kim Väisänen, a Finnish startup investor, ex-entrepreneur, published author and columnist. In 1997, together with Janne Tervo, he founded Blancco, a company that offers secure data erasure software, and sold it in 2014. Today, he is best known as an investor and thought leader. Download the full picture […]
Be true to your values When you have defined your values, your mission and vision, and you recruit people who commit to those values, you have a solid basis for your business operations and spreading your vision. We place a lot of emphasis on our recruitments, which is why only five per cent of applications […]
The wooden-clad walls of Helsinki’s Muji store, the Japanese chain’s biggest store in Europe, make the shop look like a 1970s-inspired wonderland. The sound of happy chatter fills the air; the soft light makes a busy Friday afternoon feel like a slow Sunday morning in a Japanese onsen. “We wanted to make this space feel […]
Recruiting is never easy, no matter where you’re doing it. What happens, when you throw a little bit of global flavour into the mix? A global recruitment campaign can mean long-distance phone calls and shooting in the dark, but a hire done according to both clear company culture and a well-thought-out strategy (not forgetting a […]
Many companies around the world have already gone global or are planning on doing so in the near future. A survey conducted by Wells Fargo in 2016 found that nearly 90 percent of American firms believe that long-term growth is dependent on international expansion. It’s not just American firms going global, though — many European […]
The latest issue of Notes brings new innovative ways of growing on the spotlight. Read about e.g. Makke Leppänen‘s interview on the positive psychology and how the hyper-global Muji is localised in collaboration with local producers. These, along with ten other innovative articles, can be found inside these fresh pages. Notes is an interdisciplinary, expertise-based […]
Hi Jess! You’re the Co-Founder of DEV, a community of software developers. What is it and why did you start it? We started DEV because we saw a need for a space in which developers would feel like they’re a part of a wider conversation. Today, we have over 300k registered members and reach over […]
“The idea of rowing from Stockholm to Helsinki came from a 15-minute brainstorm. We wanted to do something for the Baltic Sea after the revelations of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report, so doing this felt like a no-brainer in a way. We were quite sceptical of whether it would be possible at […]
1. Your goal is to be the first person that an entrepreneur reaches out to in times of trouble, but also of joy. How do you do this? We work closely with entrepreneurs from the very start of their companies. We focus on solving pragmatic challenges that emerge: who to hire and when, what product […]