Blog
A collection of thoughts, stories, and findings on all things entrepreneurial, from the minds of the AVP team.
Rosa-Maria Alaraasakka and Tuomas Hätälä are the founders of Opack, a startup that aims to revolutionize the reusable food packaging industry. The company is based on an idea born on Startup Experience and it almost died during Covid, but was born again thanks to an unexpected savior — the EU.
06 Apr 2023
We sit too much. It is a cliché, but that doesn’t make it less accurate — or any easier to change. Exercise is often considered something to do in our already sparse free time. AVP teachers Lidia and Anna learned about energy training at Studio Tirelli in Milan and now share some tips to incorporate more exercise in your daily life.
23 Feb 2023
We just celebrated a transition into the new year. After a critical assessment of our lives in 2022, we — most likely — concluded that we didn’t do enough. In this post, Good Life Engine teacher Lidia shares a few tips on how to make better New Year's resolutions and break the loop of broken promises.
26 Jan 2023
There are arguably many reasons for watching horror movies, but most people wouldn’t think saving energy could be one of them. That is, however, precisely what Kim Ng and his team based their idea at Junction 2022 on when solving the challenge by Aalto University and Aalto Ventures Program. The challenge was creating solutions to help European countries become independent of Russian energy by either saving energy or producing more locally.
16 Dec 2022
Throughout the years Lidia has taught Good Life Engine, the main challenge has always been the “wanna-be-efficient brain” that doesn’t leave the students at peace with how they spend their time. Many of us feel time pressure from squeezing too many things into our life. At Good Life Engine, we hope you will learn how to enjoy life rather than execute it.
23 Nov 2022
Four Aalto University students visited Zambia to work on a case for a local startup, together with students from Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda. They started their voyage with high expectations, but none of them could anticipate the most important lessons they'd learn.
03 Nov 2022