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Elisa Kitunen EEX Oy corporations startup Finland entrepreneur

“I adore everybody brave enough to be entrepreneurial in their work environment”, Elisa Kitunen, Country Manager at EEX Oy

With a background in innovative communication, Elisa Kitunen is an ambassador of entrepreneurship & open dialogue. She is currently Country Manager at EEX Oy – a startup that offers an entrepreneurship exchange program – a unique learning experience for corporate leaders and startup entrepreneurs. EEX Journey deploys corporate leaders and key talents to help startup entrepreneurs as advisors.

Luis Bellido Metacomics Business Coach Personal Coaching Helsinki Finland Peru Entrepreneur

“Be careful with your dream, what you visualize, become your reality”, Luis Bellido – Founder of Metacomics

“Fighting” against his parents to pursue his love for architecture and design. Then after six years working as an architect, Luis felt something was not right. He knew deep down there was a desire to travel and explore. So he left his hometown in Lima – Perú and started a whole new life in Finland.

“Money is only a by-product of value created!” – Kelvin Chikezie, CEO & Co-Founder at Digital Growth Boost

Driven by an urge to make the world a better place, even after he’s gone, his hunger for knowledge and willingness to learn taught him entrepreneurship is truly about helping people and providing value, rather than just making money

“We built our prototype by using hot glue and nail polish” – Janne Kyllönen, Founder & COB at QuietOn

Janne Kyllönen is Chief Product Officer and Chairman of Board at QuietOn Ltd. His team develops earplugs that use active noise cancellation and are designed to reduce low frequency ‘bass’ noises that traditional products can’t block, such as the hum of aeroplane engines, snoring, and normal background noise. QuietOn is the only active noise cancelling device which can be used for sleeping and has more than 50000 happy customers all around the world.

“Gaining access to my family’s computer without my parents’ approval back then has changed my life” – Jarvis Luong, CTO at Reactron

Programming has piqued Jarvis Luong’s interest since the age of ten. By deep-diving into his father’s IT books and materials, Jarvis gained access to his family’s computer without his parent’s approval. Since then he has nurtured his passion for IT and realized his dream of becoming a tech entrepreneur and CTO at Reactron Technologies, creating his own company culture, job opportunities and helping customers make their business visions a reality.

“Don’t fall into the trap of just building a good product”, Jesse Nieminen – Co-founder & Chairman of Viima

Jesse Nieminen co-founded Viima – the best tool for working teams to collect and develop ideas – at the end of his university study. He has a passion for building businesses and growing organizations to scale in the digital age.

“If I was a millionaire, I would still be building a company, just with fewer limitations”, Juho Kallio – CTO & Co-Founder of IPRally

As the co-founder of IPRally, Juho Kallio wants to create things that are unimaginable for most. Together with his dedicated team, they are building a technology company that may change the world – with a magnitude better patent search.

“Dare to try – Many dreams die because people worry too much about what others say” – Marko Höynälä, Founder of Skiiot, Cmicro & Kipuwex

Are all entrepreneurs innovators? The answer is yes with Marko’s case. Massive layoff sounds dreadful at first sight, but it turns out to be a good thing for this natural-born inventor. After 15 years of being an employee, Marko’s decision to pursue entrepreneurship was finally catalyzed when his company fired 650 people, including him.

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