Junction - Hack the Podcast

How To Present Your Business Idea to VC feat. Icebreaker.vc

Mari Luukkainen and Riku Seppälä from Icebreaker.vc explain what venture capitalists focus on when considering investing in a company and key points to keep in mind before pitching your business idea.

The path from hacker to start-up-er 🚀 feat. Niklas Zilliacus

How hacker mentality helps you to build your own company? Niklas Zilliacus has a big experience as a hackathon participant, and now he is a founder of Oyama. Our guest is sharing his experience and learnings from being both and huge similarities between these two roles. After listening to this episode, you might realise either you are ready for an entrepreneurship or you need to visit one more hackathon before that!

A Startup or a Corporate Job? Developers' Dilemma. feat. Nea Harjanne, CEO at Kiuas

Why developers should join early stage startups, rather than take the corporate route? The entrepreneurship world is full of opportunities for tech talents, especially in Finland. Most of them are still choosing a 'safe' way of coming to the companies and not taking a risk. Nea Harjanne, CEO at Kiuas, is sharing her experience and extensive knowledge about entrepreneurship, its downfalls and benefits.

Why does everyone need to know what AI is? feat. Oguzhan (Ouz) Gencoglu

Are you still wondering what AI is or why your mom, kids and everyone else should know it? Good for you that you found this episode! Oguzhan (Ouz) Gencoglu is an AI expert who joined Junction podcast to talk about things you may not realize until now. Even though you hear about AI every day from everywhere, you cannot think about some simple principles which really affect your life. The key takeway of this episode is: Everyone should learn the basics of AI starting from the kindergarden. But why? All the answers are given in this episode.

What the hack is Junction? feat. Iida Loukkaanhuhta, CEO at Junction

There is no better way to learn what Junction Hackathon is and how we change the world of technology. Iida, current Junction's CEO, tells the story of the world's leading hackathon organiser. She will also share the value of volunteers as someone who was volunteering for many years herself.