Boost Turku is a student-run community for people who want to build startups. In 2025 I chaired the board. I worked on strategy, partnerships and funding, and on keeping the rest of the board unblocked.
What we ran in 2025
- Startup Marathon in March, a weekend where teams build and pitch a startup idea.
- Startup Journey, a summer programme for students worth about 10 credits.
- Omahomma, a pilot that helped young people find summer work, with around 30 participants.
- An AI hackathon in July.
Funding
The earlier university funding had ended, so a big part of the year went into finding new money: the City of Turku, local business partners and grants.
What I learned
- In a volunteer team, a task without one named owner usually didn’t get done.
- We had more ideas than people, so we picked a few things and tried to do them properly.