Great to be back in China and get reminded how the world’s most dynamic society works.
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Slush moments #5: meeting Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa
I have always admired him. The man whose story reminds of the American Dream, from humble conditions to riches. But he doesn’t talk about money, actually very rarely. “Money is just an unavoidable thing that you need in order to do great things, but it’s not the primarily goal.” This is how most of the…
Slush moments #4: Darude and Sandstorm at Slush Music
How great to meet the dancemusic and DJ legend Darude, Ville Virtanen. Really great guy. Part of the magic of the Slush music. Had an awesome 25 min talk with him – and again after his Slush afterparty performance. Learnt a lot. He’s very down to earth. Doesn’t make a too big a number of…
Slush moments #3 – Meeting with Finland ex-Premier Alex Stubb
Whatever you think of this man, he is one of those Finnish pioneers, who truly wants to pro-actively build bridges with China. You can’t deny that. Alex Stubb and his party have systematically been positively in contact with Chinese key decision makers and managed to arrange historical occasions, such as bringing Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang…
Slush moments #2 – Bumping up with CNN’s Richard Quest, fun exchange and interview
What a guy! Was pretty amazing to meet one of the most respected and jubilated reporters of our time, Richard Quest from the CNN’s flagship program “Quest means Business”. As I admire his character as reporter and person I talked with him for a while and expressed my respect. He was continuing fwd after having…
SLUSH 2016 reflections, wonders and moments – looking back at the stories on the hype and beyond – #1
More than two weeks after Slush it’s good to look back and remember what Slush actually was and is about. Slush is clearly the planet’s most vibrant tech and startup gathering with almost 20k people in dark, slushy Helsinki, but it’s also much more. To me Slush is mainly about personal encounters and even surprising…
The meaning of Slush to me – Do what you love, never give up, don’t fear failure (and learn)
After this year’s Shanghai, Tokyo and Singapore events Slush is back at home in Helsinki. Honoured to join and be part of the coolest startup event in the world. Since 2008 Slush has been changing the way people think about entrepreneurship and reaching and achieving your dreams. I’m particularly fond of the example and inspirational…
Revolutionary startup spirit
Hi folks, today I want to right about student revolutionary energy and Silicon Valley, and what they have to do with each other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrVC5dm5fFc I watched again the classic from 5 years ago, Nicky Romero’s “Toulouse” and got inspired. It brought me back to that historical “revolutionary” times of Occupy Wall Street, Los Podemos,…
A week in Finland
Cool to be in Finland, woohoo! I’ll join 3 very interesting events: Starting up with FallUp, the biggest student event on entrepreneurship in whole Europe. In Helsinki on Tuesday-Wednesday. Wednesday evening one of the highlights of the week, joining Angry Birds co-founder Peter Vesterbacka, Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa and Finnair CEO Pekka Rauramo on stage…
Do what you Love, connect your dots – My 2016 in retrospect
G20, Alibaba new recruits, startup buzz, and some awesome Chinese storytelling. It’s time for Lauri to start a new Autumn of 2016 in China. I’ll share here, what happened during this year 2016, brace your seatbelts. I’ve probably never been as excited as I am now about living in China. After 3+ years in China,…
Inside Alibaba – it’s your values that count
What a week in Hangzhou! Returning back to the spot in Alibaba, which we visited a year ago with ASEF. Now for the sixth time at Alibaba in one year. I start to like this place… After spending 1 year at the core of Chinese startups, bigger companies and lived through the national startup push,…
Positive revolution in the world through entrepreneurship
“It’s leadership that rejects complacency, breaks through bureaucracy, challenges corruption. Doing what’s right, not what’s easy. It’s the radical idea of creating hope in a cynical world. Changing the way the world tackles poverty and building a world based on dignity.” Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder of Acumen in Slush Silver Stage on November 2015 Entrepreneurship is a…
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