my story | how to become an entrepreneur by accident

HOW TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR BY ACCIDENT

Entrepreneurship TuesdayVille Simola

When I was a kid…

My dream job was to become a movie director…

…or a football manager

..but I loved making profit by trading Donald Duck cartoons

When I was a teenager..

I fell in love with computers…

…and coded my first website

…but ended up producing and selling strong home-made brew

When I went to University..

At first, I felt completely lost…

…then I saw an opportunity in selling fireworks

…which helped me to find Aalto Entrepreneurship Society

After joining Aaltoes..

I build a network of 1000+ professionals

I helped to create summer jobs for 40 students…

…and continued to create 50+ companies

After helping others I felt now it’s time to do my own stuff..

So you can call me a serial entrepeneur nowadays…

Since I’ve build one of the first crowd funding platforms in Finland called Kiririnki

I’m working with a health startup Checkmylevel that has raised 2M+ in funding

Together with a team of young coaches setting up the biggest football conference in the Nordics

called Arctic Football Forum

Running my own consulting company (If I have time)

I’m living the life of an entrepreneur… and I LOVE IT!

Lessons learned

Lesson #1:Start doing stuff when you are young

Lesson #2:Do not get disappointed even if your plans don’t

go like planned

Lesson #3:Get to know people

Lesson #4:Pay it forward

Lesson #5:Just do (great) stuff