Maybe this will eventually help to bridge the Turku-Helsinki gap :)

24tuntia.com, a 24-hour entrepreneurial project from Bolder and Kisko Labs, tackles the problems of time and iteration. Their project – to build, brand and launch a web business in 24 hours – pinpoints that succesfull business ideas can be executed even with a tight schedule, customer feedback helps to streamline the final product and that great teams are able of extraordinary things.

Follow the documented process (sorry, only in Finnish) from an idea to a full-fledged business at 24tuntia.com and prepare yourself for the New Practice -workshops. Not a bad idea todocument your work in the 24tuntia.com -manner either.

The TED Commandements

01. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
02. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
03. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion.
04. Thou Shalt Tell a Story.
05. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy.
06. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
07. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
08. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
09. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
10.Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee

(via Making presentations in the TED style)

Chris Anderson points out a study of business models used by the top web apps, check it out! Included are for example advertising, variable subscription model, virtual products, related products and pay-per-use.

“Aalto Entrepreneurship Society is organizing an event for Aalto students interested in entrepreneurship and startups on January Friday the 30th.

Come to listen young entrepreneurs telling about their experiences of becoming an entrepreneur and what they have learnt. After the discussions, there will be drinks, snacks and the possibility to enjoy the company of like-minded students.

The entrepreneurs are:

- Ville Vesterinen, Arctic Startup (http://www.arcticstartup.com/)
- Petri Vilen, Bolder (http://www.bolder.fi/)
- Helene Auramo, Zipipop (http://zipipop.com/)
- Christoffer Landtman, Company Cube (http://www.companycube.fi/)
- Maija Itkonen, Powerkiss (http://www.powerkiss.com/)

Evening is moderated by Peter Kelly, Helsinki School of Creative Entrepreneusrship (http://www.hsce.fi/)”

via http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=49491116821

Entrepreneur Tuesday is an event series to all entrepreneur-minded people. Every event consists of a “lecture” and a networking session.

Programme
(all lectures titled in English are in English)
27.1. | 16:45   Taneli Tikka – Entrepreneurship – a way of life
10.2. | 16:45   Alan Barrell & Ken Smith -  Finding Funding
24.2. | 16:45   Helene Auramo – Problems are Opportunities
10.3. | 16:45   TBA
24.3. | 16:45   TBA
7.4.  | 16:45    Jari Parantainen – Sissimarkkinointi