Pauliina is one of the Startuplifers’ wize Gandalfs, also known as alumni. She did her internship in San Francisco at BetterDoctor, a healthcare data startup. She started as a Platform and Community Manager and took care of their developer community that had built itself around the company’s API. After a
This internship can change your career and the way you see the future. I ended up in Silicon Valley under rather unusual circumstances. During my 4th year of studying architecture at Aalto, I acquired an arm injury that made studying extremely difficult. While researching new technology that could help me,
I recently spent some real good times in San Francisco working for Fivestars as a software engineer. Here are my thoughts about why you should take the leap, apply for Startup Life and enjoy what the program and SF have to offer you! The application process So first of all,
Iiro Isotalo is a Product Designer at BetterDoctor Photo credit: Senja Larsen I’m curious. It’s the curiosity that has taken me to live on different continents. Above all, curiosity has directed my professional life. It’s the curiosity about product development that has taken me on a journey through many
Hey people! My name is Oona and I was working at MyTime as a Marketing Intern during fall 2014. Working in San Francisco had always been a dream of mine and therefore I was super pumped when I was offered the opportunity to do so. I left there as soon
Hi! I’m Karri; I spent the last fall in Silicon Valley working for a company called MultiTouch. Working for a high-tech company and being part of the huge growth of the company was hands-down the most exciting experience I have had workwise. MultiTouch is a Finland based developer of
Some time ago I read old blog posts Mikko wrote introducing people who had become Startup Life interns in the first batches. I remember reading their stories and in my wildest dreams I wanted to become like them. These people had founded and exited companies, had years of experience in
This post is written by Raimo, our distinguished Startuplife alumni. Last weekend a bunch of us attended a hackathon and built an accurate simulation what it’s like to live the Startup Life. You can follow Raimo on Twitter: @raimo_t The Event in Joyent’s office Last weekend I participated with Anders, Tele,
Kristo Ovaska and Linda Liukas founded Startup Life as a part of Aalto University”s partnership with Stanford Technology Ventures Program in Spring 2011. Kristo comments the motivation driving the inception: We created Startup Life to help the brightest students at Aalto to reach their full potential. Since then, we”ve seen
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