interview

Here's the TV talk from today (25.8.2010) with Anni Ronkainen of Google.

All chatter in finnish (sorry folks).

Taneli Tikka in Huomenta Suomi 25.8.2010 with Google from Taneli Tikka on Vimeo.

We talked about Nokia, services & software, Google, the upcoming changes in the media field, advertising, the iPad, and teh internetz.

Challenging topics for the main stream, that's for sure.

I will be on live TV again, this time it's with Google's local Country Manager Anni Ronkainen.

It's going to be on MTV3 Channel, "Huomenta Suomi" -program (good morning Finland) wednesday the 25th of August at around 08:00 or (08:05) in the morning, right next to a news segment. I will have my iPad with me, and we will be talking about technology and the interwebz no doubt.

Probably will be posting the video clip here later on, as previously.

A day after that (on Thursday) I hear that mr. Samuli Torssonen (emperor Pirk himself =)) will be on the morning programme, probably talking about Iron Sky. Watch that too!

I'll be on the MTV3 channel on the "Good Morning Finland" -program again tomorrow (15.12.2009) morning at around 7am (or so).

This time the topic is entrepreneurship, growth companies, their financing and positive impact on the economy etc.

I'll be there with mr. Petri Niemi (Senior Partner, CapMan), who heads their technology team. Petri is also a fellow member of the Vigo steering group that I'm a member of.

Joining us via satellite (just kidding.. via the phone) is minister Mauri Pekkarinen, who's domain is the economy, trade and industry etc (minister of economic affairs).

Again, this is live television so all plans can change any minute, and the whole thing might get cancelled before they greenlight it.

I'm hoping to touch in a few issues in a "gentle way" (not pushing it with too much aggression), and hoping to get a fair conversation going. It's no surprise that I think there's more we could do to support entrepreneurship, growth companies and positive economic development in this country.

.. meanwhile here's a few old videos of similar topics from previous visits to the show. They all in finnish I'm afraid:

Taneli Tikka in Huomenta Suomi talking about serial entrepreneurship (in finnish) from Taneli Tikka on Vimeo.

..and another:

Taneli Tikka talking about a genetics startup (in finnish) on Huomenta Suomi from Taneli Tikka on Vimeo.

.. watch it and participate in getting the good message out there!

It has been a while since I last blogged anything. Seems like the "doing" part is overwhelming the "writing" part, for now at least.

Honestly one of the reasons why I have become a less active blogger lately has to do with how rewarding and motivating writing a blog really is. Sadly I have noticed that people are far less active and give far less feedback than I would have hoped. This almost directly results in declining motivation and writing less, even tho I probably would have a little "something" to say about a few things still..

Anyways here's some upcoming things for the fall:

Next Monday, on the 21st of September I will be chatting at MTV3 morning TV show "Good Morning Finland" again. This time it's going to be about a medical-genetics startup I have been working on pretty much all summer. I will be there with Tuija Takala who is a specialist/scientist in ethics. We are discussing the possibilities of genetics, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine and ethical implications thereof. The new startup is based on patented inventions on genetic information systems and processing; the end product is system which can optimize and recommend your diet, lifestyle implications, medication and therapies. Basically it gives you deeply personalized knowledge that allows you to live healthier longer life.

The next day, on Tuesday the 22nd I will be speaking at an event organized by Sefe, the Finnish Association of Business School Graduates, or more specifically their entrepreneurship "wing".

At the turn of the month I'll be at MindTrek ( http://www.mindtrek.org/2009/ ) giving a brief talk before the startup company pitches.

On 7th of October I'll be speaking at an entrepreneurship conference in Tallin, Estonia. The attendants are mainly students and aspiring entrepreneurs. Good stuff, sounds like a great event full of positive energy.

On November the 12th I'll be in Lahti, speaking at an event by MBE about social media, recommendations, and the like. This would be all in finnish.

Later in November I'll be speaking in the invite-only CEO-only event FICTA in Levi. About social media and it's implications to strategy.

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Besides speaking what else is there?

We'll I'm seriously considering co-writing a finnish-language book on entrepreneurship and startups. This would be the kind of "spill it all out and give advice" -typeof guide book, where I would try to highlight everything I find important and meaningful in startup building and success. Digital version of the book is a must, as probably is an International version as well. There seems to be none of these kind of books around in finnish language. Please do tell me if this is a bad idea, so I can save myself the trouble ;)

I am also working on 3 different startups, finding out about if we get them really going, funded, cast with great teams etc. Interesting times certainly!

image: from "Tekniikan Näköalat" 2/2009

Tekes the Finnish government agency for research and innovation funding is publishing their own paper called "Tekniikan Näköalat" (free translation: "technical perspectives"), they recently interviewed me for their newest issue. Unfortunately the interview is in finnish only, sorry.

You can download the full issue from here, or just my interview part from here.

In the interview I talk about www.runtoshop.com a bit, entrepreneurial risks, my own experiences of going through a bankruptcy and recovering from that (that was back in 2002). I also go into talking about entrepreneurial atmosphere in Finland and the nordics, etc..

The photoshoot for this was fun to do. We went into an old bloody (literally) boxing ring to get a few good shots. I have been training kickboxing and such for a number of years, and somehow the journalists always like the analogy of a boxer to an entrepreneur.. I guess both get regularly beaten ;)