Make your business dreams come true! Come to test and develop your idea with the help of an expert
Published 5/14/2025 Modified 6/19/2025
These workshops are for you if you are planning new business activities and/or developing new products and services for the Kalajoki region!
These are practical workshops where you will learn about entrepreneurship in Finland and where you can test the viability of your idea and develop it further.
We promise that by participating in the workshops, you will develop your business more than you would by sitting at home alone!
The workshop is free of charge and aimed for everyone who want to start business in the Kalajoki, Merijärvi, and Alavieska regions.
You do not need to have a business ID, i.e. a registered company, to participate in the workshops and events. The workshops are part of the incubator services which are being developed in the area by VAU!START+ project.
Workshop are held in Finnish and English, Russian translation is also available. Workshops’ materials are available in Finnish and English.
Workshops and events (list will be updated)
The workshops and events are held in Kalajoki.
Responsible and sustainable business in Kalajoki region 27.8.2025
More information and registration: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/64E969943AAD651E
Build the product or service for the right target group 4.9.2025
More information and registration: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/A29B2543F7754DF8
Test and develop your idea to the right market 11.9.2025 (link to the registeration coming soon)
Build an attractive and responsible brand for your idea 2.10.2025 (link to the registeration coming soon)
Welcome!
Workshops are organised with Duuniportti project.
The VAU!START+ project is developing business incubator services for the Kalajoki region. The project will run from 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2026. The project will develop business incubator services for the region, which will help local entrepreneurs to develop, test and commercialise new products and services. The project will also pilot a start-up exchange programme, in which international ideas will be tested in local markets and their suitability for the culture of the target country will be assessed. The main implementer of the project is NIHAK ry, and the City of Kalajoki is a co-implementer. The project is co-funded by the EU.