Talking today at Aalto Venture Garage for Summer of Startups

I’m giving a talk today for a bunch of young and energetic startups that are part of the Summer of Startups program.

I’m going to talk about a few topics related to tech startups that I know something about. It’s a bit random selection of topics, but I thought it would offer a better background for a free-form discussion after the talk than a very focused one topic talk.

Topics are, in the order of raising importance for an early stage startup:

• Getting acquired. Why is a startup acquired?
• Trial and error of attracting early users
• Working smarter, being persistent. Hackers & Hustlers. Difficulties that tech founders encounter.

Summer of Startups is a first attempt to organize something akin to a very early stage investor Y-Combinator in Finland. It’s organized by student-run associations AaltoES, HankenES and Hues, but nevertheless they have been able to involve a lot of experienced entrepreneurs and investors. I think it’s amazing what is currently happening with Summer of Startups at Aalto Venture Garage and around these associations.

Ramine Darahiba is coaching founders during the summer.
Checkout a list of startups participating from his Arctic Startup post.