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Published on 02 July 2018
Finland
Etelä-Suomi
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About this good practice
Slush is a student-driven, non-profit movement originally founded to change attitudes toward entrepreneurship. It has grown into one of the leading events of its kind from a 300-person assembly in 2008. In 2016 there were 17 500 attendees, 2 336 start-ups, 1146 investors, 5643 investor-start-up meetings,
At the very core of Slush is to facilitate founder and investor meetings and to build a world-wide startup community.
In 2015, Slush was organized in Tokyo and Beijing for the first time. In 2016, Slush was organized in Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore.
At the very core of Slush is to facilitate founder and investor meetings and to build a world-wide startup community.
In 2015, Slush was organized in Tokyo and Beijing for the first time. In 2016, Slush was organized in Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore.
Resources needed
Slush is a student-run movement supported by a global network of students, volunteers, investors and founders. The budgets for different Slush events depends on the scale of the event. The budget for the Helsinki event in 2016 was about 5.4M€ and it was organized with the help of 2 400 volunteers.
Evidence of success
In 2016, there were 17 500 attendees from over 120 countries including 2 336 start-ups, 1146 investors, 5643 investor-start-up meetings, 610 journalists. Media reach for the event was 500M people. 372 open positions were posted to Slush jobs, Sush.org had 342,983 visitors and all-in-all there were 130 registered side events.
Potential for learning or transfer
Even though Slush as an event has evolved in ten years time and is perhaps unique as such there are many recognizable features that are worth learning.
Event is based on non-profit community of entrepreneurs, investors, students, and festival organizers and there is a great amount of volunteers helping to make the event happen
There is a strong emphasis in founder and investor meetings which are facilitated well.
Event is based on non-profit community of entrepreneurs, investors, students, and festival organizers and there is a great amount of volunteers helping to make the event happen
There is a strong emphasis in founder and investor meetings which are facilitated well.
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Slush Oy
Finland
Etelä-Suomi
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