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My story on how did I become an entrepreneur
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HOW TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR BY ACCIDENT
Entrepreneurship TuesdayVille Simola
When I was a kid…
My dream job was to become a movie director…
…or a football manager
..but I loved making profit by trading Donald Duck cartoons
When I was a teenager..
I fell in love with computers…
…and coded my first website
…but ended up producing and selling strong home-made brew
When I went to University..
At first, I felt completely lost…
…then I saw an opportunity in selling fireworks
…which helped me to find Aalto Entrepreneurship Society
After joining Aaltoes..
I build a network of 1000+ professionals
I helped to create summer jobs for 40 students…
…and continued to create 50+ companies
After helping others I felt now it’s time to do my own stuff..
So you can call me a serial entrepeneur nowadays…
Since I’ve build one of the first crowd funding platforms in Finland called Kiririnki
I’m working with a health startup Checkmylevel that has raised 2M+ in funding
Together with a team of young coaches setting up the biggest football conference in the Nordics
called Arctic Football Forum
Running my own consulting company (If I have time)
I’m living the life of an entrepreneur… and I LOVE IT!
Lessons learned
Lesson #1:Start doing stuff when you are young
Lesson #2:Do not get disappointed even if your plans don’t
go like planned
Lesson #3:Get to know people
Lesson #4:Pay it forward
Lesson #5:Just do (great) stuff