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Aalto Entrepreneurship Society

We threw the first Aaltoes Startup Evening a week ago, this is an updated tag cloud of the feedback we got by the crowd.


Problem: “What holds back Finland (& Aalto University) from realizing its entrepreneurial potential?”

atmosphere avoid better bureaucracy company competitive cost courage culture earned education encouragement enough etc fail failure finland funding information jobs keksintosaatio know-how lack learn markets models money networks opportunities outokumpu people personal practical process punished role safe safety sales shyness spirit start system taxation taxes tesi think trailblazers uninspiring worker

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Solutions to: “What can Finland (& Aalto University) do to unleash its entrepreneurial potential?”

alumni anything asset attitude brainstorm cold communities companies creativity design didn educational encouraging etc events examples failed funding gather give help idea info information international learn lectures marketing matching meet mentors negotiation networking people practical products programmes question real role-models sales skills spirit start study talk teach technically tkk training

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Innovation or... not?

There's a very thin line between actually having an innovation or not. We're starting up a company, and there doesn't seem to be very many people who find our idea innovative or something new. People just don't get it. It sort of seems obvious to the point of being lame. But it doesn't exist.

I'm reading a book called "Leaders" by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus. They're telling me that by definition, an innovation is something that is not accepted at first. Its an idea that looks foolish, impractical or unfeasible. I guess our idea falls under foolish. I remember reading that Mark Zuckerberg was very unsure if the idea of Facebook would catch on. That he was very close to stopping the development several times.

So I think it must be like that. If you want to create something new, you have to be unsure about the success. People shouldn't get it right away. Get the proto out and then ask them again. Wow.

aes Tag clouds - Problems and Solutions

Problems

appreciated atmosphere avoid better bureaucracy career company competitive cost courage culture earned education enough etc fail failure finance finland finnvera funding job keksintosaatio know-how knowledge kpmg lack learn man markets mckinsey opportunity outokumpu people process punished safe salary shyness spirit start system taxation tesi think trailblazers uninspiring ventures wild worker

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Solutions

alumni anything asset brainstorm cold companies creative didn education encouraging energy etc events examples experts failed follow gather give happen help idea info learn lectures marketing matching meet negotiation networking people pitches practical products programmes question real reps sales skills spirit start study succeeded talk taxation teach technically tkk trust

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Have we always been working to help each other?

Today we are all working to create wealth for the owners of companies. At the same time, we are exposed to the reality that there are millions of people around the world suffering. We are powerless, because our mission is to work, and in that way increase the general development of the world, as described by "creative destruction".

However, there are many indicators that this is not leading where we would want it to. Work satisfaction is at a low. People are dying of work. Suicides are more common than ever, and often related to work. Acts of desparation , such as school shootings, are increasing. In addition, the impacts on poverty and the living standards of the poor are ambiguous.
For myself, living in a developed country, I think that living standards have deteriorated compared to before. We live in a constant state of fear, and we are always pushed to try harder and reach further.

The problem is living against what we would naturally want to do. It is a myth that a human is egoistic. We have always lived to help each other, the ones nearest to us. Today it is not possible. The only thing you can do is donate money in a red box. It doesn’t do it. We need the chance to help other people.

The web has made our path towards more mixed signals faster. We can see people suffering every day, but chances to help are not given. We feel stupid donating money. We know 70% is probably going to someone who is going to make them work harder.

I think that the source of the problems we have today is the inability for us to work towards anything meaningful. We are no longer working to keep food on the table, or to protect our states.