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Community, Go Global 3 min read

What makes VCs happy

We sent five questions to business angel Timo Ahopelto, ex-founder and CEO of CRF Health, to discuss work, success and failure.

Community, Go Global 5 min read

Maker of Better Tools – Doconomy

There’s no time like the present to try and fix the biggest challenges that we face today. As the effects of climate change become clearer and clearer, many fields are racing to find solutions. Could financial products provide a much-needed helping hand to climate change eradication efforts? We called Nathalie Green from Doconomy to discuss her own personal journey and how she plans on changing the world.

Community, Go Global 3 min read

For the people, by the people

Riikka Jakovuori, country manager of Epicenter Helsinki, a global community of digital scale-ups, corporates, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, shares her thoughts on the importance of communities and encounters in a world characterised by an ever-quickening pace.

Community, Go Global 7 min read

Grow brave – in conversation with Katriina Juntunen

Bravery is commendable — but how can we grow it and where does it come from? We sit down with Katriina Juntunen, CEO of Growth Collective Finland, to talk about success, failure and the importance of having that little twinkle in your eye even when it all goes a bit sideways.

Community, Go Global 5 min read

Five reasons to be optimistic about the world

Although the world may sometimes seem like it’s all doom and gloom, good things keep on happening. From green investments to the prairies of the sea, we list five things to be happy about today.

Community, Go Global 4 min read

All the Happy People

Startup entrepreneurs are known to be optimistic, brave and ready to face any challenge. We set up a photo station In the corridors of Maria 01, the Nordics’ leading startup campus, for a day and asked some of the passersby what makes them happy right now. The result is a gallery of faces and reasons to feel sunny about today.

Community, Go Global 6 min read

A healthy, happy world

Could health tech make us all happier? We investigate three very different companies that strive for the same goal: a world in which people lead happier and healthier lives.

Community, Go Global 8 min read

Working nine to five

We spend a big amount of our time by our desks, with our colleagues and our managers. How can we make our workplaces our happy places? We talked to two HR experts to map out the cornerstones of a happier workplace.

Community, Go Global 4 min read

Happy world, happy investor

What makes an investor truly happy? We sat down with Amel Gaily, managing director of the Finnish Business Angels Network and Pia Santavirta, managing director of the Finnish Venture Capital Association, two powerhouses of the Finnish investment field, to find out whether happiness plays a part in making money grow.