A Brief Summary what happened in the first year of Helsinki Metropolitan Entrepreneurship Academy - HMEA in 2009. ----------------------------- Helsinki Metropolitan Entrepreneurship Academy (HMEA) offers inspiring entrepreneurial events to higher education students and entrepreneurs in Helsinki metropolitan area. ------- WWW.HMEA.FI HMEA's mission is to enhance the "Entrepreneurial Spirit" amongst students, actives and people working in corporate jobs, via inspirational and practical educational events & programs. By changing the environment more entrepreneurial, giving the best education available, HMEA aims to help producing several new companies yearly, and help the existing startups to grow their businesses.

2. The Christmas is knocking on the door and people are settling down with their families and beloved
ones for a brief rest before the new adventures in 2010, and it is time for us also in the HMEA, to wrap
up this wonderful and entrepreneurial year 2009.
In many ways this year has been a success, since when starting this project in the October 2008, We had
only a fancy (long at least) name and an idea what should be done in 2009, to boost and support young
people in becoming entrepreneurs and /or more entrepreneurial-minded. So we started really from the
scratch.
Now a year later, it is really heartwarming to list down what we have done, and see that there has been
quite many activities of different kind and what has been a pleasure for us, seems like the audience has
also liked them. We have to state that it would not been possible without the help from our Partners
and Sponsors and of course ALL the participants in the events and programs.
On a personal level, I must thank the first and foremost the fabulous people in the HMEA Team. It has to
be sad that a real homerun was stroke with the choices of the members in the team, not knowing too
much about what kind of work were the people capable of doing. Now it is a glad moment to say that
the Team was everything that was expected and way beyond. It has been a pleasure to work with
professionals and very gladly I will pass on the lead of this project to these experts we have in our team
and will step in the back acting as an advisor. In the future.
To not make this too long, there is a sentence that goes to everyone taking part to this project and
making it a success, and I say it with all honesty and gratefulness:
Thank You, it has been a true pleasure.
With this quote of ours I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and wish the
best to New and hopefully even more entrepreneurial year 2010. And remember,
“What ever you do, Love it” – We Love Business.
BR
Sani Leino
Founder / Project Manager (Until 31.12.2009)
Helsinki Metropolitan Entrepreneurship Academy - HMEA
www.hmea.fi

3. Spring
• Taneli Tikka - Entrepreneurship - a way Fall
of life
• Paul Brennan - Jolly Dragon
• Alan Barrell & Ken Smith - Finding
• Tung Bui - Stuntman & Actor
Funding
• HMEA Goes Slush
• Helene Auramo - Problems are
Opportunities • Teemu Arina – Dicole
• Mohamed El-Fatatry - Myths & Facts • Mika D. Rubanovitsch - Johtajatiimi
• Jone Nikula - Yrittäjän hyvinvointi (FIN)
• Jari Parantainen - Sissimarkkinointi
(FIN)

5. Entrepreneur Tuesday’s Speakers - 2009
Mohamed El- Kenneth R.
Taneli Tikka Alan Barrell
Fatatry Smith
Helene Auramo Jone Nikula Jari Parantainen
Paul Brennan Tung Bui Teemu Arina Mika D.
Rubanovitsch

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7. Vesa Taatila: Reidar Wasenius:
12.-13.1.- Idean kehittämisen työpaja (FIN) 13.10.2009– Grow your power (ENG)
26.-27.1. – Analyysityöpaja (FIN) 27.10.2009 – Strengthen your determination
9.-10.3. – Business Idea Development (ENG) (ENG)
16.3. – Analysis work shop (ENG) 10.11.2009 – Stretch your creativity (ENG)
21.9. - Business Idea Development (ENG 24.11.2009 – Sharpen your pitch (ENG

9. Boot Camp Evo
• In the Spring 2009
• 13 Students
– Laurea
– University of Essex
• One week in the middle of woods.
Boot Camp Cambridge
• 17 Days in the Fall of 2009
• 19 Students
• 5 Universities (Laurea, Haaga-Helia, HAMK,
Metropolia, TKK)
• Top Speakers
(Academics, VC’s, Business Angels…)

11. Comment about HMEA’s
Bootcamp Cambridge 2009
“To sum up, the camp was a great experience. The camp
allowed us to focus on the business plans totally, think
them over and consider them from more than just one
angle. The tutoring provided by Vesa Taatila was also most
helpful as it served as a platform to build on each day’s
theme.
Cambridge in itself was a great place to visit, an incredible
mix of tradition, history and cutting edge innovation. It
was hard not be inspired by our surroundings, and that I
consider the greatest thing that most of us walked away
with; believing that our ideas could not only work but also
be profitable. And this, if anything is key in any successful
business.”
Wille Miljas – Student, HAAGA-HELIA UAS

13. 25+ Events in 2009 • Co-organized with
partners:
HMEA’s own events:
• Bolder Academy x 4
• Entrepreneur Tuesday x 10
• HMEA Goes Slush!
• Workshops x 9 (12 days)
• Vuoden Veemäisin
• ”Tuesday Chit-Chat with Jenny Yrittäjyystapahtuma –
Woo” – Networking event for Viestintää, Varmuutta ja
young entrepreneurs Verkostoja
• Starting seminar

14. Other concepts for entrepreneurs
and entrepreneurial-minded in 2009
BRAINPOOL in
Altparty

15. HMEA in the Media

18. Tervehdys HMEA -hankkeen suojelijalta,
Valtionvarainministeri Jyrki Kataiselta:
•
” Tervehdys,
Yrittäjyyden edistäminen ja siihen tukeminen korkeakouluasteella on erittäin tärkeää. Näin
luodaan hyvää kasvupohjaa yrittäjyydelle. Minulla onkin ilo olla suojelijana Helsinki
Metropolitan Entrepreneurship Academy –hankkeessa, joka on erinomainen esimerkki työstä,
jonka tavoitteena on konkreettisella tavalla edistää uutta yrittäjyyttä.
Yrittäjyys on tämän maan kivijalka. Ilman yrittäjyyttä ja sitä kautta syntyviä työpaikkoja ja
taloudellista kasvua ei olisi suomalaista hyvinvointia.
Yritystoiminnan edistämisessä keskeisiä haasteita Suomessa on edesauttaa uusien, innovatiivisten
yritysten syntyä ja kasvua, ja toisaalta vahvistaa jo olemassa olevien pienten ja keskisuurten
yritysten kasvuhakuisuutta.
Tunnustettu tosiasia on, ettei Suomi perinteisesti ole ollut erityisen yrittäjäystävällinen maa.
Yritämme tehdä siihen muutoksen, sillä Suomeen tarvitaan uusia yrittäjiä ja tekijöitä. Byrokratian
purkaminen ja yrittäjyyteen kannustaminen ovat tärkeitä tekijöitä uusien yrittäjien saamiseksi ja
jatkajien saamiseksi nykyisille yrittäjille heidän siirtyessään eläkkeelle.
Koko koulutusjärjestelmän läpäisevä yrittäjyyskasvatus ja yrittäjyydelle myönteisen asenteen
kehittäminen luovat hyvää kasvupohjaa yrittäjyydelle. Niinpä yrittäjyyskasvatus on nyt liitetty osaksi
opetusta kaikilla koulutusasteilla.
Helsinki Metropolitan Entrepreneurship Academy (HMEA) on erinomainen esimerkki työstä, jonka
tavoitteena on luoda uutta yrittäjyyttä ja edistää yrittäjyysmyönteisyyttä korkeakouluissa.
Yrittäjyyspäivät ja –leirit sekä esimerkiksi työpajat uusien liikeideoiden kehittämiseen ja niiden
analysointiin ovat juuri sellaista toimintaa, jota kaivataan.
Kaikki hyvinvointi syntyy työstä. Työstä jalointa on työllistää itsensä – ja samalla muitakin. Siksi
suomalaiset yrittäjät ovat juuri sitä joukkoa, joiden varaan tätä maata ja hyvinvointiyhteiskuntaa
voidaan rakentaa. Siksi yrittäjyyden edistäminen on ensiarvoisen tärkeää. Siksi me
tarvitsemme Helsinki Metropolitan Entrepreneurship Academyn kaltaista toimintaa. ”
Jyrki Katainen
Valtiovarainministeri

19. Greetings from the Chairman of HMEA’s International Advisory Board,
Professor Alan Barrell, UK:
"I am very pleased to be acting and working as an Advisor to Helsinki
Metropolitan Entrepreneurship Academy. Members of the International
Advisory Board, who all have extensive knowledge in global
entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education, believe this new
initiative can have a very significant positive impact on approaches not
only to education, but to knowledge sharing and the enrichment of
experience through evolving cultural understanding between peoples and
communities around entrepreneurship in many parts of our world.
It seems most appropriate, that as technology enables the removal of
distance between nations and people, that education and business too,
take advantage of our enhanced abilities to communicate and work
together. We feel this is a most important development which is
deserving of broad international support. I was inspired by the large
number of students who have attended HMEA's activities and
was encouraged by the obvious passion for Entrepreneurship and
Excellence I found amongstthe many students I met. It is deeply satisfying
to know that "The Spirit of Entreprise" is safe in the hands of the Next
Generation of Finnish Entrepreneurs."
– Prof. Alan Barrell,
DBA, FRSA, Chairman of HMEA's International Advisory Board

20. Partners: