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A collection of thoughts, stories, and findings on all things entrepreneurial, from the minds of the AVP team.

Diversity: The secret sauce of high-performing teams

Top-performing teams often have people from diverse backgrounds, and it’s no coincidence. When we pick new team members, we should pay attention not only to the individual qualities of the candidates but also consider if they bring new ways of thinking to the table, writes Lauri Järvilehto, AVP’s Professor of Practice. The creator of Star Trek, […]

15 Oct 2019

The increasing number of startup ideas focused on sustainability might be just what our planet needs

As the world keeps on heating up, both founders and accelerators are excited about startup-ideas that fight global warming. Startups might not be the answer to all our worries, but with proper funding, encouragement and education, some raw ideas might ripen into world-changing companies. At Aalto Ventures Program, we are happy to have had three sustainability-focused teams go […]

02 Jul 2019