Get ready for The Shortcut’s newest event: The Unconference — Hack modern working life! Usually, when you attend a conference you know the main theme, the speakers and the schedule beforehand. It’s all set when you arrive. And there is nothing wrong with that. But let’s be honest, quite often the most interesting discussions happen in the…
Spanish-native marketing extraordinaire for Finnish health ‘business augmentor’ Vertical Ana-Belén Abundio Femenìa took some time out to chat to The Shortcut about her startup journey, how to thrive in the community as an immigrant, her big passions in life and the importance of pacing yourself in a demanding and fast-paced environment. “I have never been afraid…
Everyone today is fighting for attention. Some would even argue that especially in the world of startups, entrepreneurs and the next big thing, having the attention of people is crucial to succeeding. Getting people’s attention for just a moment though is very hard work and takes a lot of strategizing and resources. So what chance…
Do you know the feeling, that empowering moment, when you get totally sucked in by a good workshop and ideas start pouring out of you that you never thought you were cable of and you spark away with your team in a great discussion? That is what a workshop should be about, personnel development at…
I often find myself jealous of those people who ”got it all”. Who dared, who went for it and who succeeded. I keep wishing it could be me. Especially at the start of the year when everything seems possible because we are all busy with our 2018 resolutions, I think many of us are wondering…
Kayla is from the United States and has been living in Finland for three years. She came here to study her masters in business and has a degree in mechanical engineering from back home. Kayla started volunteering in The Shortcut earlier this year as a Coding Coach. Now she has gotten a job in a…
The popularity of startups keeps growing every day and it seems to have become the most effective opportunity for job seekers to show their talent and participate in the development of some unique and captivating business idea. Nowadays young graduates with a lack of rich working experience struggle with the problem of finding a job…
Ekaterina is a professional in International Market Development from Russia. She and her team were recently distinguished by the judges in Ultrahack with a business idea that was first developed at the Digital Prototyping Weekend last spring at The Shortcut. Kati shares her experience as an entrepreneur with us. Ekaterina was actively looking for a job when she…
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Learning about business when you are a business person is something that should always be at the top of your head, but is it? I have formal education in Business Administration and in International Management and Strategy from Universities in Mexico, India and Finland and yet, especially in the startup world, it’s not uncommon for…