Overall Thoughts What an amazing past few days! We have learned so much about the culture here in Sweden both through our company visits as well as our free time exploring Stockholm! It has been such an experience getting a better understanding of how businesses operate here in Sweden through visits at some amazing companies […]
Suomi! May 26-29
Posted on June 4, 2019 Written by
After 2 flights, over 11 hours of traveling, I’ve made it to Helsinki. While the weather was mostly gray and a little rainy, it didn’t take away any of the city’s serenity. My impression of the Finnish is that they are well spoken, polite, and a quiet people. They speak English very well on average, […]
Tallinn with Adrineh and Tai
Posted on June 2, 2019 Written by
Tere kõigile! As soon as we arrived we were eager to explore this new city knowing we would only be here for a short period of time. We decided to explore Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia. This was a beautiful city filled with vibrant culture, it resembled medieval times in Northern Europe with a lot […]
Goin’ Green in Talinn!
Posted on June 2, 2019 Written by
Talinn, despite being a relatively new country formed in 1991, has grown and thrived under a capitalist administration. They also have a budding commitment to sustainability. This is illustrated by two institutions in the form of Mektory and Tehnopol. Mektory in short is a university project that works with both local and global companies to […]
Quick Stop in Estonia
Posted on May 30, 2019 Written by
Today we had the opportunity to hear three different speakers share three different perspectives on the Estonian education system and business model. The first speaker represented Tal Tech University Metkory department, the second was CEO of the university’s Tehnopol Science Park and lastly, we met with a representative from The Datel Group. After observing all […]
Helsinki with Adrineh and Tai
Posted on May 30, 2019 Written by
Hej everyone! It has been 3 wonderful days we have been in this beautiful country, Helsinki, Finland. We have already learned so much about about the Finnish corporate culture. Our first visits were Nordea bank, Wave Ventures, and Valio. Nordea bank is one of the 10th largest Europe banks that is operated as a one […]
I’m ‘Tallinn’ you, Estonia is amazing!
Posted on May 30, 2019 Written by
Time to sail away! Although our time in Estonia was short, we’ve have learned so much about this small country of just over 800,000 people in less than 24 hours! Estonia is a very unique country due to the fact that they have only been a free nation for less than 20 years. In this […]
First Stop: Helsinki
Posted on May 30, 2019 Written by
Observing Finnish culture firsthand was truly something special, especially during this unique time where it seemed like entire country was celebrating such an exciting win for ice hockey. The people were kind, the food was fantastic, and the city was rarely dark, with the sun setting well into the nights. The Nordic Economic Model In […]
Spotlight on Finnish Cleantech firm: OceanVolt
Posted on May 29, 2019 Written by
Hey, Jeff here. We’re leaving Finland and en route to Estonia after an enlightening tour of Finnish companies and entrepreneur groups. I found this interesting Finnish company so check it out! Cleantech for Boats OceanVolt is a Finnish growth stage company that produces electric powerplants for boats. Most boats are currently powered by fossil fuels […]
Finland’s Different Business Perspectives
Posted on May 29, 2019 Written by
Angelica: HELLO! As mentioned in the first blog, I made it to Finland before Zent could. I was able to visit the first business stop of our trip, Nordea Bank. Nordea as a whole operates a “one bank model” and is the largest financial service group in the Nordics. They are a top-ten European retail […]
