Our excited group
gathered for the first time at the kick-off event, which was hosted at Finpro's corporate headquarters in Ruoholahti.
The event started with everyone introducing themselves and telling a bit about
their expectations for the upcoming spring. We have got quite a diverse group
of students this year as each of the participants is from a different major at
Aalto. Three different Aalto Schools are represented- the schools of Business, Science and Electrical Engineering! The
first Stratos session continued with a brief introduction from the
coordinators. Outi Torniainen, the SVP of Communications and Marketing at Finpro, followed with a presentation on the work of
Finpro and how they are assisting Finnish companies in their
internationalization goals. The interesting presentation raised a lot of
discussion about the most common problems or concerns Finnish companies face
when entering new markets.
We were also
extremely glad to to welcome representatives from Fazer, Maija Hellman and Gaia
consulting, Laura Hakala, to our kick off session. They gave us a quick
overview on their companies and what kinds of projects students will be working
on in their companies. After the
successful event at Finpro our group continued to Baana to get to know each
other a bit better while sipping some sparkling wine.
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| Afterwork at Baana |
