The 11th and 12th of November 2015, some students from Arcada had the opportunity to participate to the biggest business and innovation event in Helsinki, SLUSH. This event was organized almost only by volunteers to help startups and talented people to show their ideas and meet investors to allow them make their dreams come true; as well to have a collaboration with others startups and companies. This year, 15.000 attendees,…
Read moreAnother year, another SLUSH by Anna, Robin, and Stephan. We were three people with very different perspectives. As an exchange student, Robin had never attended SLUSH. As apart of Arcada Entrepreneurship Society, Anna saw SLUSH for the third time. Stephan knew a lot about SLUSH and felt privileged to attend and not just because our teacher finds it beneficial, which he is completely right about. For our class: Internationalisation of Small…
Read moreWe were so eager to be there for the opening that we decided to meet at least half an hour earlier for the opening ceremony. It started off very well, there was a DJ who started it out with some nice techno complemented with nice visual effects at the entrance. We were very excited for the event and full of energy, even though that it was early in the morning….
Read moreNext 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…
Read moreNext 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…
Read moreNext 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…
Read moreNext up is Kim, he is a Arcada alumni, and is attending Slush for the second time as a volunteer, this year in concierge team! Why did you want to volunteer? Slush is something you need to attend as a volunteer to be able to feel the awesome spirit and atmosphere. What are you most looking forward to? Meeting all the great volunteers working at Slush and of course listening…
Read moreNext 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…
Read moreNext 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….
Read moreWe still have plenty of Arcada students to cover, but next up is Sofia, she is a third year marketing student at Arcada, this is her first Slush, and she is starting her Slush career as a volunteer, wonderful! Why did you want to volunteer? I’ve heard so many positive things about Slush so I just had to join. Also because I have never been to Slush before, volunteering was…
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