All materials from our Growth Academies will be posted here shortly after the event. In case you forgot to take notes or couldn’t attend, you can watch recordings of the webinars and download the presentations below.
Non-competition clauses (04/2021)
This webinar was held in Finnish
Non-competition clauses are a well-known provision found in employment contracts and shareholders’ agreements. When do you need to use it and how does it work? Finland’s government has released a proposal that employers in Finland would be required to pay a compensation to departing employees during any non-compete period imposed on them. The new rules would take effect at the beginning of 2022.
In this one-hour webinar Tomi Tanskanen raises key points about non-competition clauses in employment contracts and shareholders’ agreements. He will also go through the proposed changes to the Finnish legislation.
Processing personal data is a crucial part of the business in health and wellness companies. During 2020 data protection authorities made many important decisions and gave instruction related to data protection obligations such as the use of cookies, information obligations and transfers of personal data outside the European Economic Area.
In this one-hour webinar, Markus Myhrberg and Ville Kukkonen will go through decisions, guidelines and what can we learn from the recent cases.
For startups, it is important to establish and protect your trademarks right from the beginning to save you from major headaches in the future.
A trademark is a form of intellectual property that protects the use of various names, symbols, logos or even colors in identifying a company’s products and services.
In this webinar we will be discussing trademark registrations, trademark registration strategy and possible infringements and problems related to trademarks.
If you are a startup or scaleup and you have questions about trademarks, this is THE webinar to watch!
Startup advisors may be crucial to the success of your business. But what should you expect from a startup advisor?
Advisors can for example help you refine a product idea or business plan, assist or provide access to capital and networks, give competitive insight and credibility with regard to your product or service.
In this webinar Markus Myhrberg and Sofokus’ Turo Numminen will be discussing the benefits of having an advisor, the agreements involved, investment and advisor services as well as when do startups need advisors and how should advisors be utilized.
Sofokus is a digital business agency with expertise on designing modern business concepts and using digital solutions to implement them. They create measurable business value for their clients by helping them use their own digital solutions more effectively. Sofokus Ventures provides support and funding for early stage startups.
Funding is an essential part of any startups journey, but where do you start? In this webinar Markus Myhrberg and Invesdor’s CEO, Lasse Mäkelä, discuss funding in general and how startups can get funded, to be able to scale.
Invesdor is a digital investment service company which offers an online platform where retail and institutional investors can invest in unlisted European growth companies seeking funding. Invesdor has a new funding instrument, Convertible bonds, which will be discussed furthers, as more and more companies are utilizing such instruments for early stage funding.
If you are a startup or scaleup looking for funding, this is THE webinar to watch!
Why your startup needs a shareholders' agreement (08/2020)
This webinar was held in English
Shareholders’ agreements are a way of preparing for an unpredictable future. Starting a new business is exciting but it’s also important to be realistic regarding the future of your business and what problems you may face. Maria Storey and Juuso Turtiainen will be discussing the importance of a good shareholders agreement and the most common pitfalls that startups face.
If the drafting or revision of a shareholder agreement is relevant for your company now or will become relevant in the future, this is THE webinar to watch!
Renting for commercial property feels like, and it is, a major commitment. Our leasing of residential and commercial properties expert Annika Luhtanen walks you through the basics of leasing a commercial office space. Annika will go through the key questions to ask, key clauses to look out for and what to consider before signing the lease agreement.
In addition to Annika’s presentation, you can watch a discussion on the future of leasing commercial office space with Jussi Söderlund, CCO of Innovation House Finland and co-founder of HUONE Events Hotel. Our aim is to give you insight on the future of office culture. Will coronavirus change working culture for good? Or will it emphasize the meaning of working together and exchanging ideas on the spot – without having to ask: “can you hear me?”
If leasing a commercial space is relevant for your company now or will become relevant in the future, this is the webinar to watch!
Markus Myhrberg and Ville Kukkonen help you make sense of the EU’s new ePrivacy regulation, which is no joke. The regulation will have consequences especially for advertisers but in addition to every European based companies which use cookies on its website or send direct marketing.
Are you ready for the coming changes? Do you have user consent for direct marketing?
We’ll go through the current regulations, recent court cases and give the latest recommendations what to do. You’ll get hints for the cookie policy mess and updated information about the direct electronic marketing rules.
