We have arrived to the beautiful country of Finland! After a day of exploring, we took an exciting trip to the Rovio Corporation. Which most will know as the “Angry Birds” Headquarters. Rovio, which translates to bonfire, was created in 2003 by three Finnish students. They started the company after creating a game for […]
The FINal Expedition
Posted on June 10, 2016 Written by
Sadly, we have arrived at our final destination, Helsinki, Finland and these business visits have not disappointed us or our peers. We had an opportunity to visit the Rovio Headquarters. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that name, we are fairly certain you have heard of their most popular product, Angry Birds! […]
Discovering Diversity in Scandinavia!
Posted on June 9, 2016 Written by
After visiting several companies around the three countries, Sweden, Estonia, and Finland. We recognized that diversity is an important aspect in the Scandinavian work place. Diversity is not only an important aspect of corporate culture, but in the Scandinavia culture as a whole. We have been aware that Scandinavian companies are very modern and progressive […]
A Re-Developing Country: Estonia
Posted on June 8, 2016 Written by
Hello! Hallå! Tere! Hei! Coming to Estonia has been quite a culture shock compared to Sweden. From the crazy boat adventure to our bus adventures; this country is extremely unique. Our first stop was E-Estonia where Crystal LaGrone, an Oklahoma native explained her experience with the technologically advanced Estonia. Here in Estonia you are required (all […]
Final Thoughts and Farewell
Posted on June 8, 2016 Written by
For our last post we want to start by saying thank you to everyone we met on our trip for their wonderful hospitality and to simply take a few moments to share some of the things that left the biggest impression on us. First up will be Adi, followed by Nate and some final words […]
Business School in Scandinavia
Posted on June 8, 2016 Written by
During our time in Scandinavia we haven’t just been learning about business culture and practices. We have also taken time to visit Tallinn University of Technical (TUT) and the Hanken School of Economics (Helsinki) to learn about the differences in business school study programs. It was a lot of fun getting to know some fellow […]
Goodbye Sweden, Hello Estonia!
Posted on June 7, 2016 Written by
Blake and Ash here again. After quite an adventurous boat ride to here from Stockholm, we finally made it to Tallinn, Estonia. Getting to walk around the Old Town it was great to see that a country that is so technologically advanced can have parts that look so old! There was even free public wifi […]
Venturing onto Stockholm!
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
Hello! Hallå! Tere! Hei! Welcome to Stockholm! Conversionista! Founder and CEO, John Ekman me with us and has mastered the art of calculating website conversion rates. The industry that the company primarily works with is e-commerce where the conversion rate is known to be below 3%. Conversionista believes that each digital bucket on the website […]
The Adventure Continues, Viking Style…
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
We continued our journey in Sweden but this time we visited the beautiful city of Stockholm. Our first stop was a company called SANDVIK. This was a unique company in the sense that, even though not many of our colleagues could relate to what the company did, we did learn a lot about how the Scandinavian […]
Business in Scandinavia – Stockholm – Part 2
Posted on June 6, 2016 Written by
We had a wonderful dinner at the “name of the island and hotel”. It was a great Viking experience, our friend Bjorn took us to this restaurant which replicated the Vikings dinner. It had no electricity and the whole room was lit with candle lights. They had the ancient type of dinner tables with animal […]
