Hello all! Arcada Entrepreneurship Society want to congratulate all the amazing and talented people that graduate from Arcada. The graduates are not only walking out with an degree from Arcada, they are walking out from the best university of applied sciences in Finland. We wish you all the very best! A quote taken from the article published by Arcada: “In the yearly ranking of universities of applied sciences in Finland,…
Hello, fellow students, both new and old! You might have heard that we are organizing a health-themed event this Friday. No? Head over to our Facebook event to read more and sign up immediately. It will definitely be worth it! We personally think this might be one of the best events AES has ever organised. The content is amazing, with tens of Finnish health startups and innovators with great experience,…
On the 2nd of June Rasmus and Tinja got an superior opportunity to go to Moscow for the Startup Village 2016 together with a Finnish delegation which consisted of different organisations like Slush, Aaltoes, HankenES, Tekes and Innovestor. Startup Village is an event similar to Slush, it is the largest startup conference for technology entrepreneurs in Russia and the CIS (The Commonwealth of Independent States). DAY ONE The event took place…
Greetings from Vaasa! Two weeks ago, in the early mornig we took the train to Vaasa. For the second time in AES history, AES and Vaasa Entrepreneurship Society, hosted an event together. This time it was time to co-host VES Talks: Belief together with the awesome Vaasa Entrepreneurship Society, VES team. We took an early train at 6.30am and arrived to Vaasa 10.30am. We met up with Markus Hangelin, the designer at VES and…
Hello everyone! The year 2016 for AES has started well. As the Chairman of Arcada Entrepreneurship Society I’ve gathered the team together and we have come up with a bunch of exciting ideas for the upcoming year! Our beloved board members Gustav, Kim and Roosa went to Oulu in February to see the Polar Bear Pitching which our friends from Oulu Entrepreneurship Society hosted. The event is basically about people…
After a super day one in Tallinn, we welcomed day two with open minds.. We ate our breakfast at our flats in old town and headed out for our first appointment for the day at the company called Toggl, which is a popular time management tool. Liisa from Toggl opened the door to the office with quite a surprise as we were more than she thought, but she was a…
Next up is Jessica Blechingberg, a third year Business/Marketing student & the Vice-Chairperson of AES. Why did you want to volunteer? I visited Slush for the first time when it still was held at Kaapelitehdas back in 2013. We had just founded Arcada Entrepreneurship Society and Slush was the first thing we went to together as a Team. I had no expectations and after those two days of Slush, I was blown away, not…
The last one up is Rasmus, he is a third year marketing student in Arcada, he is volunteering for the second time at Slush, he is also the Chairman of Arcada Entrepreneurship Society. Why did you want to volunteer? I heard about Slush first time in 2013 when it still was held in Kaapelitehdas, the event looked insane, and then I heard the whole event is built with volunteers, so…
Next up: Gustav Thomasson, Business Administration/Logistics student & Board Member at AES. Gustav, why did you want to volunteer? Last year at Slush I was the main AES tweeter and really firing off tweets like crazy! This year I wanted to volunteer to be able to experience Slush from the inside and meet the people that make the awesome group spirit and Slush movement happen!!! What are you most looking…
Next up is Nicholas, he is a second year marketing student at Arcada, he is attending Slush for the first time, he will be volunteering in the pre-registration team. What are you most looking forward to? I have never been to Slush so really looking forward to see everything. What will you be doing at Slush? I am in the pre-registration team, so I will be printing badges for the…