New hair salon owners disappointed with social media marketing service
Fonecta admits that its internal communication failed. The owners of the Mondo Bellezza Benessere hair salon, founded in Helsinki in…
Vast majority of Finnish businesses microenterprises
In 2022 microenterprises made up 95.5% of Finnish businesses. New data from Statistics Finland on businesses’ structure and financial statements…
From comedian to shopkeeper – “There’s never a good time for change”
Smoothies made of fruit waste launched Ali Jahangiri’s career in retail. However, before becoming a shopkeeper, he made a career…
Survey: 1 in 5 considering starting own business, 1 in 3 has a business idea
More than one in five people in Finland has considered starting their own business during the last year. Around one…
Business owners who experienced bankruptcy tell stories in new book
A new book from Taina Ahtela tells the story of ten business owner’s struggles through bankruptcy. 10 tapaa tehdä konkurssi…
New book offers tips to avoid fresh business owner’s pitfalls
A new book, Itsensätyöllistäjän opas (“the self-employed person’s guide”), brings together basic information that someone starting out as a business owner should…
What does it take to be an entrepreneur?
I have worked as an entrepreneur and an employee in five different areas: business, marketing communications, arts and culture, well-being…
Suomen Yrittäjät & Startup Refugees Raodshow in Tampere
Suomen Yrittäjät and Startup Refugees are welcoming entrepreneurs and anyone who is interested in starting a business to a networking event on Sep…
Entrepreneur or employee
When you go from being an employee to running your own business, a lot of things change. For example, you…
Different ways to run your own business
Running your own business — why not? You can start running your own business whenever you want if you have…