Founder Forward crowdfunding mini-hack

Produced by: Business Helsinki X Culture4Flow
In collaboration with International Startup Founders Finland, Startup Refugees & Think Africa.

Founder Forward mini-hack brings together founders and skilled professionals for one evening. Founders bring a real crowdfunding challenge, teams tackle it together, and everyone goes home with a plan - and new contacts. A company can be selected for the mini-hack if it has a business ID and has not participated in Business Helsinki's hackathon in the past year.

The mini-hack suits founders who want an outside perspective on their crowdfunding plan, practitioners (writers, designers, community builders, finance experts) or feedback from investors and funding platforms. It also suits professionals who want to apply their expertise to a real startup challenge, build their portfolio or expand their network in Helsinki's international startup community.

Programme:

Open doors, Kaskadi event space: 12:00-15:30
Open area on the 4th floor of Business Helsinki's Innovation Home in Kamppi - work on your projects and meet other entrepreneurs and partners.

Mini-hack: 16:30-19:00
16:30 Check-in
16:45 Workshop theory session
17:00 Facilitated group work
18:00 Break / pizza / presentation preparation
18:20 Group presentations

Mini-hack jury:
Niklas Green, Commercial Director, Invesdor Oy
Marika Makaroff, CEO & founder, Gutsy Pictures Oy
Reidar Wasenius, AI Researcher, Aalto University; Personal Brainer, Voice
Ekaterina Gianelli, Venture partner, Calm/Storm

The mini-hack is facilitated by Marika Makaroff, an award-winning Finnish content creator, producer and creative leader with over 25 years of experience in television and international hit-making.