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International Students' Association of Vaasa - ISAV As a non-profit organization we are trying to increase the interaction between international students and the Finnish society in Vaasa.

Ellivuoren Teknologia- ja innovaatiopäivät 21.-24.03.2013

http://www.ellivuori.fi/hotelli/fi/tiedotepalsta/index.tmpl?id=226


Lisäinfoa saa myös innovaatioasiamiehen kautta.

HOTELLI ELLIVUORI Yhteyshenkilöt: Paikkavaraukset ja lisätiedot - Reijo Nurminen, Hotelli Ellivuori, reijo.nurminen(at)ellivuori.fi, puh. 010 8351 913 tai 050-374 6815 Lisätiedot - Samuli Penttinen, keksijä, puh. 045-677 1222

Why Innovation By Brainstorming Doesn't Work:

http://www.fastcompany.com/3006322/why-innovation-brainstorming-doesnt-work

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Why Innovation By Brainstorming Doesn't Work Eleven men and women file into a conference room and take their places around a large table. Coffee cups and pastries are assembled in front of them. George, the leader, steps up to a large whiteboard and scrawls across the top “SOAP STORM SESSION 9/18/12.” “Okay, let’s begin,” he tells the group. “...

10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation:

http://www.scottsdale.com/column-story/Startup-Professionals-Musings/10-Rules-of-Thumb-for-Startup-Investment-Valuation/591

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation 10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Anssi Tuulenmäki’s (Innovation Activist, AALTO) inspiration speech on Innolukio (in Finnish). Topic: how to create innovations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-_-JPSgFI

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Anssi Tuulenmäki - Lupa toimia eri tavalla Innolukion ensimmäinen inspiraatiopuheenvuoro. Puhuja: Anssi Tuulenmäki, Yli-innovaatioaktivisti, Aalto-yliopisto Tekninen toteutus: Joonas Mononen ja Antti ...

VC view on how to generate and evaluate business ideas. Read and learn:

http://www.slideshare.net/mmarjala/how-to-generate-and-evaluate-business-ideas

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How to generate and evaluate business ideas? SlideShare is the world’s largest community for sharing presentations. Discover great content and connect with like-minded individuals.

7 Steps to Networking Effectively:

http://www.businesscircuit.co.uk/page/articles.html/_/articles/networking/7-steps-to-networking-effectively-r21

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Dear Students,


We, Business Factory and the International Office, are happy to tell you that we have organized a trip to Lapland for our students. The trip will take place from the 30th November to 3rd of December 2012. During the trip you will have a chance to visit the beautiful nature, a husky farm and go hiking in the mountains.


Student taking part in this trip shall receive 3 Credits from Business Factory.


The trip costs only 167€ Euros, and there are places for only 45 students on the trip.


The deadline for registration is on Thursday 22th November.
Please register here Lapland Registration


Buy your ticket before the 15th of November for the price of 167€. Any payments after the 15th November is 177€.


For more detailed information and for payment possibilities please attend the Team Building class on Thursday November 8th Room RA231 at 15:00 (Free van ride form Palosaari campus at 14:45 in front of the international office)
OR
please contact at [email protected]

Philips Innovation competition. Check this out!

http://www.innovationopen.philips.com/

Philips - SimplyInnovate Calling all innovators! Philips has launched the Innovation Open competition. Your BIG IDEA could win you a share of €50k in cash prizes, a trip to Amsterdam, an invitation to an innovation masterclass, and the chance to present to Philips executives. Enter by Oct 28, 2012. http://bit.ly/NM22jk

There's an open innovation seminar on 18th of October in University of Vaasa, Tervahovi, Wolff-auditorium. Most of the talks are in Finnish but there is also an English talk by Rob Kommeren, who is a Process Innovation Manager at Royal Philips Electronics. Registration deadline is tomorrow, please find registration link from the 3rd page where it says "ILMOITTAUTUMINEN". Link:

http://www.uwasa.fi/ajankohtaista/tapahtumia/vaasa_future_center_seminaari_18_10_12.pdf


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http://www.uwasa.fi/ajankohtaista/tapahtumia/vaasa_future_center_seminaari_18_10_12.pdf

Why startups die?

http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2012/10/03/why-startups-die/

Why Startups Die Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Andrew Montalenti. Andrew is the co-founder and CTO of Parse.ly, a technology startup that provides big data insights to the web's best publishers. ...