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Are you already an entrepreneur in Finland, but would still like to improve your skills and get sup-port? Come join our Peer support programme, which consists of four peer support meetings and three webinars which you can watch at your own convenience.

“Immigrant entrepreneurs feel that starting a business in Finland is relatively easy, but once the business is up and running, they need more help and support. That is why Suomen Yrittäjät has founded a network for immigrant entrepreneurs,” immigrant entrepreneur coordinator Kaisu Keisala-Kaseja says.

New year, new rules. Use this document to make sure you’re up to date with the changes that have come into effect at the start of the new year.

Even though we’re reaching the end of the parliamentary term and most of the sitting government’s work has been done, in 2018 Suomen Yrittäjät still managed to push through significant reforms that affect the everyday lives of small and medium entrepreneurs. In addition, we offered entrepreneurs knowledge, peer support, help and entertainment.

Entrepreneurs with a foreign background got advice for running their own businesses at the Business Unplugged event. The event was aimed at making immigrant entrepreneurs’ voices heard and their passion for entrepreneurship visible.

The Business Unplugged Turku event brought together almost one hundred participants in the Turku Fair Center. The programme included workshops and presentations from businesses. Experts in the fields of tax, marketing, ownership transfer, business mentors and entrepreneurship education were also present.

Immigrants and people who work with them will get to have their voice heard at Business Unplugged in Turku and Helsinki, events run by Suomen Yrittäjät, the Finnish entrepreneurial organization. The board of Suomen Yrittäjät has also decided to set up an immigrant entrepreneur network.

When you start importing, find out where the goods are sent from and whether they have cleared customs in the EU.

When he opened his kebab and pizza restaurant, Erkan Öncü worked up to 22 hours a day. In addition to his restaurant in Kotka, Entrepreneur of the Year Erkan Öncü is now involved in the property and hotel business – and he has time for his little princess.

This Dutchman sold gardening products for a living. Now he sells bikes that can carry gardening products – and a whole lot more. Dutchman Gert-Jan Hendriks stumbled on an untapped market in Finland and adapted his sales techniques to meet the expectations of his new customers. His products can be seen on a daily basis delivering children and other precious cargo in the parks and on the sidewalks of Finland.