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Suomalainen Innofrugal-tapahtuma laajenee San Franciscon Piilaaksoon ja Cambridgeen

April 25, 2017

The Nordic Frugal Innovation Societyn Suomessa vuosittain järjestämä Innofrugal-konferenssi laajenee kansainväliseksi tapahtumaksi. San Franciscossa järjestetään Innofrugal West Coast -tapahtuma syyskuussa 2017 ja ensi vuoden alussa Innofrugal saa oman tapahtuman myös Cambridgeen Iso-Britanniaan. Innofrugal on tapahtuma, jossa keskitytään vahvasti innovaatioihin erityisesti niukkoihin resursseihin sidotuilla kehittyvillä markkinoilla. ”Tuotekehittelyyn kaadetaan vuosittain yhä enemmän rahaa, mutta se ei ole […]
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Visit Startup India Pre-Event At Aalto Ventures Lab at 13:00 On August 30, 2016

August 17, 2016

Would you like to hear the hottest news from Indian startup scene? Come on Tuesday 30.8 to AVP Space – Tongji Lounge to hear how Startup Europe’s partner TNFIS (http://tnfis.org/) is connecting European and Indian startup and investor ecosystems – startups, scaleups, investors, corporates and policy makers. Venkata Gandikota from TNFIS will be speaking along […]
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5 Stages Of Grief – Finnish (European) Economy in 2016 & The Need For Frugal Solutions

March 22, 2016

Cross-posted from Linkedin Pulse https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-stages-grief-finnish-european-economy-2016-need-frugal-gandikota I started out helping Finnish businesses in India 5 years ago. Two years into it, I realized that when customers in developing countries like India are asking for an IKEA type solution, most Finnish businesses are instead giving them an Artek. At the same time, I noticed that the European economic crisis […]
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New Economic Order Calls For Quality, Affordable, Accessible And Sustainable Solutions

December 29, 2015

This article was first written as an article for Twinkle Tampere 2015 as part of my participation as a speaker in their conference. Original link here: http://www.twinkletampere.fi/blog/2015/11/26/new-economic-order-calls-for-affordable-accessible-and-sustainable-solutions-2/ As we are preparing to end 2015 and looking forward to our non-profit’s own conference- InnoFrugal 2016 during April 25-26 in Helsinki, I thought it would be a […]
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A New Year Gift – Free TNFIS Individual Membership

January 5, 2015

For a limited time only……. to all our new individual members enrolling between January 1st and 30th April 2015, we are going to give you a Free 2015 Annual Membership which is worth 25 Euros. JOIN NOW… CLICK HERE Benefits: A free TNFIS yearbook. Members will get 40% off on event fees. Some events could be free (eg: coffee […]
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Happy New Year 2015

January 1, 2015
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Indo-Finnish workshop on Inclusive and Frugal Innovation

December 28, 2014

Indo-Finnish workshop on Inclusive & Frugal Innovation was conducted on Wednesday 10th December, 2014 at IIT Delhi campus.

The opening remarks were done by Dr. Anil Wali, Managing Director at Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi and Ms Silva Paananen, Partner for Tekes in India.

I first heard about this proposed workshop sometime in early November 2014 via Mari Hakkarainen, TEM. I was really looking forward to attend this workshop and talk about Frugal & Inclusive Innovation in Nordic Countries and also meet with other actors from Finland and India in this field.
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Frugal Innovation Article in April 2014 issue of Valokynä Magazine

April 28, 2014

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Is Your Business Making Something That People Want? (Part 1 of 2)

April 2, 2014

Reposting from the Jykes International Blog http://www.jykes.fi/fi/kansainvaelistymaeaen-blogi/2213-is-your-business-making-something-that-people-want Paul Graham, co-founder of the Y-Combinator seed accelerator, notes on his website about the phrase that became their motto: Make something people want. I would bet that almost every business out there says that this is what they are doing. Now I would ask them: really? Sometimes irrespective […]
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