7. “Entrepreneurship is next to unemployment.”
“When are you going to get a real job?.”
“You made it big, and have to show it small”
“Yet again a company sold abroad”
“I’d rather work for a big company”
“I’m a normal human, how could I create the next Apple?”
“It’s too tough and uncertain to run a company”
8.
9. And at the same time, we had epic techies and tech.
11. Let’s make our region the next technology hub.
Let’s give everyone a reason to come out here.
12.
13. Budapest Riga
Helsinki St.Petersburg
Kaunas Tallinn
Kazan Tampere
Krasnodar Turku
Malmö Shanghai
Moscow Stockholm
Novosibirsk Yekaterinburg
Oslo Vilnius
Oulu Warsaw
25. Who should apply?
Have a scalable business idea
Have a working prototype or have already launched their product
Have a team that can execute
Are ready to commit
26. What do you get?
Travel costs covered to Finland*
Accommodation during the 6 weeks*
Dedicated 1on1 coaching
Sessions on different topics
Exposure to investors and media
A chance to get sent to Silicon Valley
Exact amount decided prior to each Startup Sauna Batch.
Historically 1500€ / team + accommodation separately
27. Startup Sauna Fall 2012
Meetups & Warmups Slush Silicon Valley
Accelerator Build!
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