Beyond Growth: Lessons in Building a Business That Lasts

Note: separate registration at lyyti.fi ↗ Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and Tehnopol Science and Business Park warmly invite entrepreneurs, ecosystem partners, investors and all curious people to the final Zebra ScaleUp Ecosystem Event. The event will be held at Haaga-Helia’s Pasila Campus on November 17th. Co-founder of Idean Mikko-Pekka Hanski will deliver a keynote based on the newly published book "Hard Lessons" which details Idean’s journey from Finland to Silicon Valley, Paris to Shanghai, Jyväskylä to New York and Texas to Tampere. Hanski will also reflect on the aftermath of an exit. What changes and does not change after success? Human Intellect founder Helen Anijalg will moderate a discussion on the pillars of sustainable gworth with insight provided by mentors and experts that guided the Zebra companies along their journey, Tauri Kärson of Supercomms, Patrick Gerber of EP Consulting Services and two business specialists from Helsinki-based universities of applied sciences Fredrik Sirén (Metropolia) and Olli Laintila (Haaga-Helia). Two groups of companies, 19 in total went through the full track of building their roadmaps at the Zebra ScaleUp bootcamp, receiving intense 1-on-1 mentoring from our group of seasoned experts and pitching at the stages of sTARTUp Day in Tartu and Latitude59 in Tallinn. What was learned from the journey of Zebra ScaleUp? Project managers Maarit Jalakas (Tehnopol) and Nina Kallberg (Haaga-Helia) will provide the inside perspective from the Zebra team while Zebra ScaleUp alumni companies will be represented by Ahmed Ali (WAB Electronics) and Marja-Liisa Soone (Antscape). The panel discussion will be moderated by Hannu Koikkalainen (Haaga-Helia). A Zebra Event would not be complete without the companies that got to experience the full ride. We are proud to announce that seven companies that were with the program from the kick-off event until the final pitches at Latitude59 will share their stories with us on November 17th. This event marks the culmination of the three-year long Zebra ScaleUp project. We are bringing together companies and ecosystem actors from Finland and Estonia for a day of insights, lessons learned and expert discussions. More info and registration at zebrascaleup.eu ↗ This event is organized by the Zebra ScaleUp project. Zebra ScaleUp is co-funded by the European Union.