entrepreneurship

Cartoon Influencers: The Influencer storytelling format as a potential mainstream alternative for animated media by Daniel Farrera

04.06.2021 , ,

Since the early days of animation, creators have been seeking ways to build bridges between the fictional worlds of animated characters and the real world through interaction with the audience. New technologies and social media allow for narratives which cartoon characters can use to have a multi-platform interaction with broad audiences, and create strong emotional bonds with them as the phenomenon that this research classifies as “Cartoon Influencers”. The goal…

A New Innovation Strategy for the 21st-Century Workplace

28.03.2019 , ,

A few years back I picked up a copy of ‘The Lean Start-up‘, a best-selling book by Eric Ries. At the time, the lean movement had already gone viral. Lean start-ups were, and still are, practicing something called agile development, which originated in the software industry. Agile development was revolutionary as it worked hand-in-hand with the customer. Unlike typical lengthy product development cycles that made assumptions or educated guesses about…

Entrepreneurial thinking in Paris

29.11.2017 ,

In September I got the opportunity to go to Paris to attend the 12th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2017, and to discuss entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship education with colleagues from all over the world. This is a topic close to my heart and something I see as very important to consider for our students. When I talk about entrepreneurship I emphasise the holistic process and the so called entrepreneurial…

AES: Office inauguration party 21.11.2017

14.11.2017 ,

New beginnings – unlimited possibilities. It is here. The moment we have been waiting for. The grand opening and inauguration party of our first office space since we were established in 2013. Arcada Entrepreneurship Society warmly welcomes all students, alumni, organizations, societies and friends of the entrepreneurial ecosystem to their office inauguration. After a long process our first office space has finally taken shape. We’ve never before had a place where we…

AES: Open Meeting

22.03.2017 ,

Hello all, This is where and how AES happens! Open meetings are for everyone. A check-up meeting during which we plan upcoming events along with collaborations and keep tabs on what’s going on in the greater ES community. You could be part of AES and here is your chance! Are you board member material and are you perhaps looking to get involved in the entrepreneurship society scene? Want to get…

AES: My Future Work 2017

27.01.2017 ,

Hello all, It was such a pleasure to meet and talk with you all at My Future Work 2017! We really enjoyed that so many of you visited our stand, networked, participated in our competition and overall wanted to discuss and hear more about our society, ideas and coming projects. We also had Per Simberg, our vice chairman on stage as part of the program telling about us. Hopefully you enjoyed…

AES: A new year!

23.01.2017 ,

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,…

AES at Moscow: Startup Village 2016

22.06.2016 , ,

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…

Be smart – Go international!

21.04.2016 , ,

Would you like to gain real-life working experience while studying? Are you interested in working with international companies or maybe helping companies in Finland to go international? Don’t miss excellent opportunities to take your first career steps while still at Arcada. Learn about EDU-SMEs project. EDU-SMEs project was launched by Arcada in autumn 2015. It is a collaboration of several universities of applied sciences, as well as small and medium…

Slush, it was nice to meet you

21.11.2015 ,

It all started on the 10th of November, when we went to pick up our Slush tickets at Kamppi. Before we got there, we didn’t think that the event was that big! 15000 attendees, from 100 countries, and we only were 2 girls from France and Spain. The whole event was a good surprise and we were really happy to go there to discover a lot companies. Those two (really…