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The finalists of Polar Bear Pitching have been announced

The semi-finals of Polar Bear Pitching started one and half hours late, because the ice hole where entrepreneurs were supposed to be pitching from, was frozen solid during the night. This is indeed the coldest Polar Bear Pitching in the history of the event, but it doesn’t stop these crazy entrepreneurs from piching from a frozen sea.   Today 6 new companies earned their place in the pitching...

The most chilling Polar Bear Pitching in history starts today

Oulu, Finland enjoys a pleasant breeze of -20 Celsius, a temperature that makes water freeze before it hits the ground. This is not stopping Polar Bear Pitching from happening. It’s just bigger and colder than ever before.   Polar Bear Pitching is famous for its finals, where entrepreneurs pitch from a hole, carved in the frozen Baltic sea. There is no time limit for your pitch, you can speak...

Pitching from an ice hole - a perfect example of Finnish innovation

What is the scariest stage you have been on? This is a question Finns are giving an easy answer to once again this February. Polar Bear Pitching is a unique pitching event in that there is no time limit for your speech, but you have to do it while standing waist deep in a hole carved to the frozen Baltic Sea. Finns like to describe their attitude towards life with one word, sisu. Sisu stands for...

Lingsofts gåva till hundraåriga Finland: Fred Karlssons nya verk ”Finlands språk 1917–2017”

(Huom.: Tiedote on luettavissa suomeksi täällä. Dear Reader: The newssheet can be read in English here.) – Professor Fred Karlsson och Lingsoft ger ut bok om självständighetstidens språk på finska, svenska och engelska. Finlands språkmiljö har förändrats totalt under de tre senaste decennierna. Fred Karlsson, professor emeritus i allmän språkvetenskap vid Helsingfors universitet, påminner oss...

The Languages of Finland 1917–2017 – Jubilee publication by Lingsoft to mark the centenary of Finland's independence

(Obs.: Pressmeddelandet kan läsas på finska här. Huom.: Tiedote on luettavissa suomeksi täällä.) – Professor Fred Karlsson and Lingsoft Inc. have brought out a book about languages in Finland during the era of independence published in Finnish, Swedish and English. The Languages of Finland 1917–2017 published by Lingsoft and dedicated to Finland’s 100th anniversary is available free of charge...