The year of community.

Finland needs generational founders.

Real people, real building.

Aaltoes is the biggest student-run entrepreneurship community in Europe, and every year its board starts from zero. I want to use that, and build 2027 around the people.

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Why

The future of Finland, and the future of the world, is in our hands.

We have extraordinary talent, ideas and opportunities all around us, yet too many people never realize the power they hold to shape the world.

I believe entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful ways to turn ambition into meaningful change. We need more people who dare to think bigger, take action and build things that matter. I want Aaltoes to be the place that sparks that ambition, brings those people together and helps build generations of world-changing entrepreneurs.

Four pillars

Bring people in

Every road in runs through a person. When Aaltoes spreads only through the people already inside, it keeps finding the same kind of people.

  • An ambassador network that reaches through guilds, clubs and associations.
  • We show up where people already are, instead of waiting for them to find us.
  • Fill your junk drawer: a different expert every week, no sign-up, just show up.

Spark ambition

Talent is everywhere, but not all of it gets realized.

Hard skills

Building real things with your own two hands.

Soft skills

Technical skills allow you to build, soft skills allow you to advance.

  • Low-threshold evenings: soft skills, improv and first attempts.
  • Practice in public, where the first awkward attempt is the normal thing to do.
  • Mentors and alumni.
People working together around a table at a workshop.
A workshop table, 2026

How we work

The bar we hold ourselves to.

Aim higher than is comfortableWe are not here to run events. We are here to build the people who will build the next decade of Finnish companies.
Fearless, and kindWe jump, even when we don't know how we will land. We lead with kindness and hold everyone to the same standard.
High agency, default to actionWe change what we can change, we keep our word, and we get it done. When something slips, we say so.
Build what outlasts usAnything worth starting is worth handing over. The 2028 board should inherit something they want to keep.

The team

Build it with me.

I'm putting together the board for 2027. All roles are full-time and paid. The roles below are a starting point: if you would shape one differently, say so in the application.

CommunityEvents and programmesTechPartnerships and International RelationsBrand and marketingOperations and finance
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Jennifer Gustafsson leaning on the side of a wooden boat at dusk, wearing a student cap.

Who am I

I'm Jennifer.

Engineering psychology at Aalto, Head of Operations at FR8. In the past year I mapped youth entrepreneurship for the City of Espoo, built a mentoring pilot from zero, and ran school visits and workshops that reached more than 500 young people.

I care about what makes people able to act on what matters to them. A community is one of the strongest answers there is.

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