Proacademy's blog
Experiencing the cultural differences in Saint Petersburg
About month ago I took part in an intensive course called Finnish-Russian Business Cooperation Practices, organized by the West Finland FIRST network. The intensive course was held in St. Petersburg, at St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University. About 40 students from different universities in Finland and Russia, with approximately half from Finland and half from Russia, [...]
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2 cents from the first exchange student in Proacademy
Hey! I exchanged my life in the beginning of this year and came from Latvia to Finland. Now 3,5 months down in Tampere. Within these months I got to know a lot about Finnish culture, language, music, companies and lifestyle in general. I have to admit that there is no really big difference between life [...]
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Monthly news 4/2012
Congratulations Hype! 4th-5th of April Proacademians had exciting competition called Tiimidiili. Also the new Penguin teams attended. The assignment was to create new, innovative and vendible products for Grand Hotel Tammer in 24 hours. Every team had very good ideas and excellent presentations, but Hype carried the day with funeral. Anniina Raatikka from Hype shared [...]
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Monthly news: Thoughts from exchange students in Proacademy
Because we are lucky to have two exchange students in Proacademy, these monthly news are going to be in English during the spring at least. Here are some thoughts of our nice exchange students. How did you end up to Proacademy? What projects you are working on? What is the best about Proacademy? What future [...]
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Just 48 hours to design a new service! Global Service Jam Tampere 2012
Where do good ideas come from? Steven Johnson reminds us: It is often the case when someone has half of an idea and the full vision comes true with help of someone else, probably having skills and experience from an other field of business. However, it’s important to create systems and places where ideas can [...]
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