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PROTOMO - Tuote- ja palveluinnovaattorin koulutusohjelma kehittää tuotteiden ja palvelujen prototyyppejä ja spin off -liikeideoita. Löydä itsellesi huipputiimi ja jalosta liikeideaasi, Työllistä itsesi koulutusohjelman kautta!

-The most typical question in designing is when we should start it  in our company . I always use one practical example – if you try to learn swim – when you start it in practice, in other words in the water. Naturally, the design starts and is in your product or service from the first second. It could be a smart one or not but it is in it, designer Lauri Aaltio answered the very common question about the design. –With design it is the same story as in other business development – start early-fail quickly!

-Try to convince your customer’s feelings designing the product or service. The buyers have to be happy, relaxed, peaceful and motivated in choosing the product or service. Avoid as much as possible the opposite user experiences. In practice this does not mean fearing, shaming and to be angry. The last feelings are the difficult tasks especially when the customer is getting his or her first user experience.

StartSmart! is an international program for innovative start-ups and people interested in the new ways of doing business. The next StartSmart! seminar concentrates on “Design&Technology”. On Wednesday and Thursday (16th-17th Jan) we will meet in Design Factory (Betonimiehenkuja 5C, Espoo) very highly experienced speakers and casecompanies.

The Korean main news channel KBS visited Aalto Protomo Helsinki. They made a short film clip there and the group was very impressed in the Protomo-activities. PhD Jong-Hoon Park, Investigative Programs office Reporter wanted to clarify the Protomo thinking. They were interested the teams working with their business ideas.

-This was very useful event – we got important feedback for our own business idea. We have heard numerous sales presentations in the previous trainings and it is a little boring. The Innovation Tournament was different – practical and fun. Much better than pure pitch happenings, Mr Naba Kumar, CEO of Stramos Oy described the Lucia Innovation Tournament.

-The City of London has suceed with this which it has not owned – the customers. When Square Mile started its heavy expansion in the finance sector the only target was to be the best in the whole world.

-At the moment, we have about 160 Norwegian companies established their businesses in Latvia. Their amount is increasing. Some of the Norwegian manufacturers moved their factories in China and now they are planning to move to Latvia. Here we have good business frames and the total cost difference between China and Latvia has decreased.

Protomo Aalto Espoon 5. projektiryhmä aloitti 19.9.2012. Mukana on 36 kaupallisen, teknisen tai taiteenalan osaajaa, jotka toimivat innovaatiotoiminnan ja liiketoimintakehityksen työtehtävissä tai itsenäisenä yrittäjänä.

-The biggest obstacle in creating new Finnish growth companies is the old-fashioned policies and agreements in our labor markets. The innovative and  growth focused ventures need a flexible salary system, local working conditions, more efficient working hours and naturally, longer working careers.