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Teams “Plastic Worms” and “Toys for Dogs” win the 2018 Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (December 17, 2018)

The U.S. Embassy’s 6th annual Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (AEC) finals took place in Helsinki December 13 – 14, 2018. The AEC is a nationwide program in which middle and high school students form teams to pitch original entrepreneurial concepts in English. The U.S. Embassy invited 16 teams (46 students and 12 mentors) from around Finland ...

By U.S. Embassy Finland | 17 December, 2018 | Topics: Education, Embassy, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News | Tags: AEC, Ambassador's Entrepreneurial Challenge, Entrepreneurship

Winner of the 2016 Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge: Team Moo Free

U.S. Embassy Finland is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge – Team Moo Free (in Finnish: Ei Muuta)! These two young ladies, Ella Martikainen (15) and Kukka Walden (15), who recently became vegans, noticed to their annoyance that there are no vegan ice cream substitute products here in Finland that ...

By U.S. Embassy Finland | 2 December, 2016 | Topics: Business, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Public Affairs | Tags: AEC, Entrepreneurship

Team AMVibrate Wins Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge 2015

Hats off to Team AMVibrate who won the Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge 2015 with their groundbreaking hearing device! This fantastic team from Schildt High School in Jyväskylä left the AEC Grand Final with some seed money for their business and boarding passes to the United States to study entrepreneurship there. The runner-ups in the final was ...

By U.S. Embassy Finland | 13 November, 2015 | Topics: Business, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News | Tags: AEC, Entrepreneurship

Ambassador Adams Visits Tampere

Ambassador Adams kicked off a visit to Tampere on October 21st meeting with the Tampere Chamber of Commerce and members of the business community. He also visited the Kanjoni Elementary School in the Hervanta neighborhood where he received a special invitation.

By U.S. Embassy Finland | 21 October, 2015 | Topics: Business, Education, Former U.S. Ambassadors | Tags: AEC, Ambassador Adams, Entrepreneurship, Tampere

Team Nuoriosaa.fi Wins the 2014 Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge

Team Nuoriosaa.fi is the winner of 2014 Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge. The team seeks to address unemployment among youth aged 15-24 in Finland. The final of this year’s AEC took place on Thursday, November 20, 2014. Team Nuoriosaa.fi comes from Cygnaeus-lukio in Jyväskylä. More images available through the U.S. Embassy Finland Flickr album . More information about the Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge .

By U.S. Embassy Finland | 20 November, 2014 | Topics: Business, Education, Former U.S. Ambassadors | Tags: AEC, Entrepreneurship

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