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…
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…
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 our AESome team member: Antonia Gripenwaldt. Antonia is a third year plastic technology student. Antonia, is it your first time at Slush? Yes it is. Why did you want to volunteer? It appeared like a nice and fun thing to do. What are you most looking forward to? To learn new and interesting stuff. What will you be doing at Slush? I will be volunteering in the pre-registration…
Next up is Mandi Petrell. Mandi is a second year student, studying Occupational therapy. Hi Mandi, is it your first time at Slush? Yes! Why did you want to volunteer? Everybody have been talking about Slush the past two years, so this year I wanted to join and see what it’s all about. I also wanted to try out something totally new and kinda push myself out of my comfort zone….
Jimmy Teir is our beloved AES board member, he is a second year International Business student at Arcada and will enter Slush for his second time! What will you be doing at Slush? Social Media and photos for AES. Privately promote own business, if there is time. What are you most looking forward to? Seeing the panels and meeting new people. Why should people attend Slush? It’s a good pump…
Eva Lindman thinks Slush is one of the most inspiring events of the year! Eva is a third years student, studying marketing at Arcada – University of Applied Sciences. This girl is always smiling and will be Slushing along for sure 😉 So Eva, why did you want to volunteer? I attended the event last year and I was impressed. I wanted to be a part of the event and get behind the…
Inka Kosonen is our AESome team member, this girl is super excited to attend Slush for the first time, representing AES. Inka is a first year student, studying International Business at Arcada – University of Applied Sciences. Hello Inka ! What will you be doing at Slush? Representing AES, networking and mostly exploring. What are you most looking forward to? It’s really hard to say yet, but according to everyone else, something really…
Next up is our new star Emil, who is a new team member at AES, he is volunteering for the first time at Slush and is studying business at Arcada for the first year. Why did you want to volunteer? The people and the fuzz was so convincing that I just had to. Also a very good friend of mine gave me some insights of the event that helped me…