Lahti sets the example

Startup city Lahti sets the example

Lahti supports the growth potential of new businesses in a way that sets an example for other cities to follow. The City of Lahti and LAB UAS which works in the same building with Starthub, and Isku Oy all support the growth businesses. Our community offers the entrepreneurs a best possible start: free facilities and office space, peer support, coaching and training services as well as a partner network.

This is how here in Lahti we support the growth potential that new businesses have. Does youw hometown do the same?

Our base in Mukkula – fun, relaxed, open, and easy

Starthub works in LAB Lahti campus in Mukkula, just a few kilometers from the city center. Starthub’s own coaches are a solid part of everyday life and events. We want to constantly develop and plan new to benefit the community.

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Mark Poutanen

Head of Operations

Responsible for running Starthub’s daily operation and the future development. Represents the community in various events and partner group meetings. Also coaches and spars with member startups by working as a leader of the accelerator program.

Background as a result driven entrepreneur and an engineer. A guy armed with knowledge and practical experience knows the different fields in IT, softwares, platforms, programming languages and graphic techniques.

“Entrepreneurship is in the DNA. I spark from a motivated and a productive team who sees challenges as growth opportunities.”

mark.poutanen@lab.fi

0400 918 761

Mikko Kittelä

Event Manager

The Master of the Universe for events! There is not an event in StartHub without Mikko having his hands involved in it. Plans and organizes live and online events and books the guest and performers with solid professional skills. The mouth goes and ideas are flying so fast that the slowest can’t quite keep up.

Background in producing professional fairs and audience events.

“Here is LAB Lahti campus we build the environment capital to be the most envied startup city in the nation. It’s so cool to be in the games”

mikko.kittela@lab.fi

044 518 3191

Tanja Keskitalo

Growth Hacker

Working with StartHub’s marketing and communications. Hardworking, determined, honest and “striving for the best” woman. At level of doing, even less efficiency, according to what she heard, would be enough.

Started working life from the snow business, moving there to reform marketing of sports and coaching institute and most recently the transformation of an over 100-year-old brewery into a creative hybrid office and culture building, acting as a community manager for over 200 people.

tanja.keskitalo@lab.fi

050 3262 159