DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS
FROM THE
BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE

MY BACKGROUND
• 6th FP Integrated Project “Digital Business
Ecosystem 2003–2006 – Tampere as one of
three Regional Catalysts - later took also part
in PEARDROP
• Worked for three regional development
companies – Lappeenranta, Tampere, Helsinki
• Ecosystem approach applied as a program
director in Uusimaa Centre of Expertise in
digital content
• Now a social media expert in Dicole Ltd.

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM ?
Dialogue between digital and analog world Shared destiny between organizations

CHARACTERISTICS
• Geographic location is not important
• Industry of companies is not important
• There is both competition and collaboration between
companies
• Knowledge creation and sharing are the key
• Decision making is distributed
• People are what make or break the ecosystem - not
organizations

CASE STUDIES
AULA
• A social space in the heart of Helsinki in
2001-2002 for over 400 people from science,
art, business, government and NGOs
• http://aula.org//helsinkispace
• Attractive space, equal ownership and
democratic decision making
• People later behind companies like Jaiku, Dopplr
and Sulake were very active in the community

CASE STUDIES
ARTIC STARTUP
• Established in 2006 by enthusiastic
entrepreneurs
• Began as a blog about startups
www.arcticstartup.com
• Later also events and a startup directory
• Arctic evening, open coffee, Slush, Mobile
monday - all events created by
entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs

CASE STUDIES
DIGIBUSINESS UUSIMAA
• Goal: to find and support top expertise to
grow and go international
• Startups became the focus
• Joint trips, experience sharing, coaching by
achieved entrepreneurs
• Passive enabler role for the public actor

BENEFITS

People are the driving FORCE
CREATING new together SHARING knowledge
Getting together with
UNSUSPECTED others

WHY ?
using digital tools to
CHANGING GEOGRAPHY OVE RCO M E
is d i f fi c ul t the geography is easy

H OW ?
Arrange possibilities for meeting others – DIGITAL AND ANALOG
D IGI TAL S HA R E
AN A LOG J OI N FO R CE S

T H A N K YO U !
Tommi Rissanen
VP Business Development
Dicole ltd.
tel +358 50 395 1154
tommi@dicole.com