Lahti Venture Program vol. 4 starts in october
”Lahti Venture tarjosi meille upean kanavan olla yhteydessä tuleviin päättäjiin, asiakkaisiin ja mahdollisiin uusiin työtekijöihimme. Kokonaisuudessaan projekti on erinomainen. Se pistää konservatiiviset ja kangistuneet yritysjohtajat näkemään oman tekemisen nuorten radikaalien silmälasien kautta. Se, jos mikään avartaa.”
Harri Helen, toimitusjohtaja, Muovijaloste Oy, voittajajoukkueen 2018 haastajayritys
Lahti Venture Program is a two-month program in which multidisciplinary student teams seek and develop solutions for the business challenges of companies operating in the region.
Over the course of the program, the students will receive sparring and training from representatives of local companies and entrepreneurship experts alike. The program familiarises the students with different aspects of business operations, from forming a business idea to charting customer needs and commercialising the idea.
The program culminates in the Best Business Concept competition where the top companies select the best ideas for further co-operation. The winning team will be awarded a monetary prize. In addition, the students may acquire traineeships/jobs at the companies involved.
The program provides the students with an amazing opportunity to create contacts and networks with top companies in the region, build their path into future working life and develop their own business know-how.
The program is worth 5 credits. The program is carried out in English and is designed for students of Lahti University of Applied Sciences, LUT University and the University of Helsinki.
” The greatest lesson that I learned, is the joy of working with those who come from different fields and nationalities. Coming from the United States, with a background in design thinking I came into this process with a set perspective on the “correct” process of innovation. What I quickly came to learn however, is that innovation can happen in a multitude of ways and by opening up to new ways of thinking, you can use for your collective brain power to create some thing better than any of you would have fathomed on your own. ”
Erika lobo, winner of 2019
