BusinessAsema 

Oulu Startup Ecosystem (Industries, key players)

companies that are on the side of innovation that can scale quickly

Oulu has the 2nd best business startup ecosystem after Helsinki

-> Oulun seudun startup selvitys : local research on startup ecosystem

-> Fingersoft company (Gaming)

Besides the startup ecosystem, there is also a support ecosystem

-> Oulu Innovation Alliance (OIA)

-> VTT

-> Local coworking space: NJET Working

-> Uusyritys-keskus

Business angels = investors that just enter the investment landscape of startups

-> techstars_ Startup Weekend

customer research : understanding where your customer gets information is key to selling them an idea

market research: finland has a small market research 

competition analysis - its important to understand your competition and how they work with the market saturation e.g too many restaurants for a little area, but also analyze it from a POV that you can learn from them

-> startiiraha 

Its important to not be in love with your solution but with your problem, so that you will be able to be flexible in your solution and change it

also, if you're not embarassed by your first verison of your product then you are releasing it too late - its important to get over that fear and that embarassment and just put something out in the world, it doesn't have to be a well-rounded integrated idea

SEE Skillsets from this presentation

Skillset #1 Research

Skillset #2 Sales

Skillset #3 Flexibility

Skillset #4 Efficiency

> learning to delegate: trust that other people can do their job very well - might do it differently than you but it doesn't matter

Viera Karam - Startup Program Manager

viera.karam@businessoulu.com

oulu.com/ictoulu/companies <- find some companies from here

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