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14.08.2023 • Start-up entrepreneurs

Building entrepreneurship

From a sole trader to a limited liability company – that’s the path that Anni Vento from Joensuu is currently progressing along. In autumn 2022, Vento participated in Business Joensuu’s start-up...

16.06.2023 • City of Outokumpu

From side streams to durable cutlery

The five-year target is a turnover of over EUR 40 million. For Nature Line Cutlery Oy, which is aiming at a turnover of approximately EUR 9 million this year, the target is of course tough but...

23.05.2023 • City of Outokumpu

Providing Hymynkare with knowledge, skills and emotion

- The work had become caring for a computer, even though I should have been taking care of people. I had to find another kind of solution, Katri Koskisuu-Reijonen says, describing how she felt in...

17.04.2023 • Start-up entrepreneurs

VoiceFit - the new and glamorous life of a soprano!

Is this it? A couple of years ago when Henna-Mari Luolamo posed herself this frustrated question, she was going through what she describes as some sort of a crisis. Working as a singing teacher and...

22.03.2023 • City of Joensuu

Reliable, competent and reachable

The desire to develop and become developed is characteristic of PrimeTalous Oy's entrepreneur Heidi Laaninen. After working for years as an employee at an accounting firm, she chose entrepreneurship...

24.02.2023 • Start-up entrepreneurs

Weaving a fabric of conscious, ethical, local production

More news from Tiukula! In January, the company launched its first own yarn brand, Neulojan Sohvilla. At the end of March, the yarn shop will move to its new premises in Raatekangas, Joensuu. In...

02.02.2023 • City of Kitee

Growth and retention power from Kitee

Standing still is not something we do, says Marianne Hoppu, CEO of Narskuttelu Oy. That is indeed not something Marianne and Pekka Hoppu, entrepreneurs from Kitee, Finland, have ever been known to...

28.12.2022 • City of Joensuu

Pets – a sector full of possibilities

We can hear barking from the majestic spruce forest along Ketunpesäntie Street in Joensuu. Anita Seppälä is taking the Bernese Mountain Dog Sanni for a walk. Anita Seppälä and her husband Hannu...

23.11.2022 • City of Joensuu

One door to entrepreneurship

Asia, South America, Europe. Jarno Valkonen travelled around the world for 17 years, carrying the responsibility for gigantic pulp mill projects. But a couple of years ago, he simply had enough of...

04.11.2022 • City of Joensuu

Imake Look: It’s easier to specialize and stand out in Joensuu

Imake Look is a hair salon, barbershop and training studio established in 2020 and located on Teollisuuskatu in Joensuu. In addition to hair care services, they offer makeup services, permanent...

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27.10.2026 • Business Joensuu news

North Karelia Named Europe’s Most Authentic Cultural & Nature Tourism Destination

North Karelia has received the prestigious European Travel Awards 2026 recognition as the Most Authentic Cultural & Nature Tourism Destination. The award highlights the region’s unique combination of...

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24.10.2026 • City of Joensuu