Monthly Archives: October 2009

Giving gifts that people give to other people

Today it’s climate action, and even though that I – a couple of days ago gave my thoughts on the importance of everybody doing their share for the climate, I want to touch upon something similar yet different today. I … Continue reading

Finnfactstour: Obsessing about a framework: Demola

This was one of the highlights for me personally of the finnfacts tour: to find out that Finland had a innovation “framework” for students – such as Demola. Demola present themselves on their website as: – An open innovation environment … Continue reading

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blog action day 2009 – my take on climate change

Today it’s blog action day, and this year, more important than ever, it’s about climate change. It’s something I feel very passionate about, and someting that we know that we need to act upon now if the status quo of … Continue reading

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Finnfactstour: Xiha Life a multilingual social network

During a coffeebreak at mindtrek our awesome bloggerteam was introduced to Xiha Life ,the worlds first multilingual  social network, that’s targeted at people living outside their home country as well as multilingual people around the world. From my perspective I … Continue reading

Finnfactstour: Muxlim – a lifestyle media company with a plan to change the world

One of the most passionate “startups” we met on the finnfactstour where Muxlim – a Muslim lifestyle media company.  Getting to know the yearly traffic ratings of Muxlim (approx 10 million a year), I would hardly call it a startup, … Continue reading

Finnfactstour: RunToShop – the hardrockin’ kidbrother

RunToShop seemed to be the hardrockin’ kidbrother of the finnfacts tour. The guys we met there would just as much talk about snowboarding and party venues in Tampere as their startup – which is really something I believe in, because … Continue reading

Finnfactstour: Floobs – a live streaming tool (with a really good business model)

Floobs is a live streaming tool that you can use both for streaming and for videos. I think the first thing that sprung to my eye when I tested out the site earlier was that the flow on the site … Continue reading

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Introducing the finnfacts.fi tour + the Nokia visit

So, last week I was invited to Finland to check out their startups and the overall techscene – also I visited the Mindtrek conference as a part of the tour. The program was packed with really cool startups, inspiration and … Continue reading