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The Pitch
Last Thursday morning it was time for the pitch. During the last few days and nights we had been working very hard in our international groups on our business ideas. We used all of the time available in order to improve and finish the presentations before it was time to impress the dragons. Each of the five groups were given a certain amount of time to present their companies. These…
Starting a new week in Southampton
During the last few days, the weather in Southampton has been showing its better side. There have been warm sunny days, without rain, as well as cold wind with a very strong fog. Nevertheless, it has not really had a significant impact on us since we are learning new things about social entrepreneurship every day. This week, we have continued working in our international groups in order to develop the…
Recharging for the up coming week
After six days of great lectures, inspiring stories and bucket loads of rain we finally have a day off. This day has mostly been spent getting to know the city by foot, experiencing local culinary treats (Fish&Chips) and, of course, resting. The rest is well needed because starting tomorrow we will continue developing our ideas of a social enterprise. There are five groups with five great ideas and it is…
Business models
The first two days gave us a good vision of what social entrepreneurship is all about. As the third day begun we where highly motivated to get more information and knowledge about social entrepreneurship, and how to start working on your own business ideas. We started the day listening to the inspiring doctor Simon Brown. The agenda of the day was going to be the business model canvas, how to…
Social Entrepreneurship in Southampton
Students from different Bachelor programs at Arcada are participating in an Intensive Erasmus Program course about Social Entrepreneurship in Southampton, in England. During two weeks they will have the opportunity to listen to interesting social entrepreneurs with real life experience and knowledge in the business field. Follow them on their exciting trip here! Hello, Early on the 12.1.2014 we started our trip from Helsinki to Southampton. When we arrived in…
In Denmark D stands for Design
Students from the Masters Degree Programme in International Business Management are currently on a Nordic study and benchmarking tour. The tempo is high – during three days they will visit companies and organisations in Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen. Follow their trip here! Hi, Its the last day of our journey. We have prepared ourselves to meet the Danish yesterday with a lecture of culrural differencies in Nordic Countries. It was…
Only sailing matters
Students from the Masters Degree Programme in International Business Management are currently on a Nordic study and benchmarking tour. The tempo is high – during three days they will visit companies and organisations in Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen. Follow their trip here! We are on our way from Gothenburg to Copenhagen. Beaches flashing behind the windows are amazing. Wind turbines keep rolling, some of us sleep, some chat and programme…
Oily Norway has some green ideas
Students from the Masters Degree Programme in International Business Management are currently on a Nordic study and benchmarking tour. The tempo is high – during three days they will visit companies and organisations in Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen. Follow their trip here! Hi, In Norway they have French fries on top of a pizza. That is heavy if something! Norwegians are truly innovative also with many other things: we were…
Norway leads the way
Students from the Masters Degree Programme in International Business Management are currently on a Nordic study and benchmarking tour. The tempo is high – during three days they will visit companies and organisations in Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen. Follow their trip here! Hello again, We met the senior vice president of corporate communications in Oslo Bors, Per Eikram. He had prepared an excellent presentation and told us interesting facts of…
First day of IBM’s Nordic study and benchmarking tour!
Students from the Masters Degree Programme in International Business Management are currently on a Nordic study and benchmarking tour. The tempo is high – during three days they will visit companies and organisations in Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen. Follow their trip here! Hi! The first impression of Norway is encouraging; everything is clean, beautiful and growing. New buildings, renovations and wellfare is everywhere. Even the sun shines in Oslo. Master…