Entrepreneurship

The programme included a visit to Design Factory and Startup Sauna

The ESADE MBA team will travel to New York to present their project to a panel of judges led by former US president Bill Clinton

Against the dim economic background there are rays of light, with a number of start-ups making a go of it

The Finnish government’s ‘Young Innovative Firms’ initiative delivers substantial value for money, says report

An Imperial student has won the first Althea-Imperial prize for her idea of a waterproof concrete additive to make buildings less vulnerable.

Tech giant is to launch five pop-up training sites for small businesses around the country

Commission to award €175,000 to three role models who have built successful businesses

If elevator pitches are stressful, sub-zero ones are even more so. Later this month 20 thick-skinned entrepreneurs will get into an ice hole in Finland to convince investors to finance their dreams

The search engine giant will dramatically increase its investment in European start-ups and skills in 2015. Prospects are good, but there must be broader acceptance in Europe that some ventures will fail, says David Drummond, chair of Google Ventures

This week Aalto University hosted the OECD ‘What works’ Conference. The theme of the event was entrepreneurship and higher education. Over the course of two days of seminars, lectures, and workshops, experts in the field shared their experiences and ideas about best practice in an inspirational atmosphere.