In-Person Event

Startup Founder Q&A, with Lauri Antalainen and Andres Osula

Date
Oct 23, 2014
Time
10:30 am - 02:00 pm
Address
Estonian Business School, Lauteri , 3, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Eesti
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At Startup Founder Q&A, aspiring and early-stage startup founders can hear candid talks by successful local entrepreneurs, learning the best practices, strategies, and mistakes to avoid from those who have been there, and done that. Join the conversation with some great speakers: - Lauri Antalainen, founder and CEO of Avocado Games, co-founder of CoreGrow, - Andres Osula, board member of Tsolutions. Join us for a fun evening!

 

 Who should attend? 

 

- Aspiring founders looking to launch a company 

 

- Early-stage founders looking to build a more successful company 

 

 

About the Speakers: 

 

- Lauri Antalainen, founder and CEO of Avocado Games, co-founder of CoreGrow: He started his recent gaming startup less than a year ago after spending the larger part of last couple of years running the first European gaming focused accelerator GameFounder, where he is a co-founder. Previously Lauri founded Advisio, one of the larges business consultancies in Estonia (later sold to Civitta Group), and was co-founder in LogistIT (exit in 2012).

 

-Andres Osula, board member of Tsolutsions: Tsolutions built it’s first ticketing system for Estonian customers already in 1998 and was one of the first pioneers in online and web based ticketing solutions market. Today the company processes around 4 million tickets annually and offers services to more than 40 bus operators. Our main goal is innovating the way how passenger servicing operators can improve their products, marketing strategies and value proposition. And of course, helping them to save money.

 

Typical discussion topics include: 

 

- The elements of good and bad startup ideas 

 

- The first steps to starting up, including research, naming, finacials and more 

 

- How to recruit co-founders, employees, and partners 

 

- How to close funding, and manage investors 

 

- And much more.

 

 

Agenda: 

 

17:30 Welcome and Socializing 

 

17:45 Founder Institute welcome 

 

18:00 Mentor talks

 

 18:40 Audience Pitching 

 

19:00 Discussion and Drinks 

 

20:00Doors Close

This event is free to attend. Join us for a fun evening! For more free startup events, visit http://fi.co/events.

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