The city of Äänekoski invests in business consulting and wants to maintain the vitality of businesses in the area
"The development possibilities are endless"
The city of Äänekoski offers practical and free advice to companies in the region for all phases of the company's life cycle - from business establishment, growth and development, financial calculations, change of ownership and acquisitions. You can book an appointment with the city's business advisers, depending on the situation.
Vesa Alakärppä has started Äänekoski as a new business advisor Sanna Kiurun after moving to his new job at the beginning of the year. Esa Lehmonen continues as another, long-term business advisor as usual - and rhymes Esa and Vesa - joke has been thrown during the first weeks.
Our operations must continue to be entrepreneur-oriented
Vesa Alakärppä brings a new breath and a fresh perspective to Äänekoski's business consulting, as she has more than 10 years of experience as an entrepreneur and consultant in various industries, including international markets from Spain and Sweden.
- In my working career, I have worked with both small, medium-sized and large international companies, so my perspective from the business sector is broad, with its opportunities and challenges. With my experience as an entrepreneur, I also understand the everyday life of a startup entrepreneur and I can very well be of support in that, says VesaAlakärppä.
- For many companies, Sweden is a natural place to start internationalization and it is a good springboard for the world. If you manage to work there, it has a good chance to work elsewhere as well.
Along with his work, Alakärpä has a recent master's degree in economics, which provides the latest scientific information and thus good tools for work. As a basic education, Alakärpä has a university of applied sciences degree in social and health care.
Äänekoski has many kinds of companies and entrepreneurs, the needs for retail development are very different. The city of Äänekoski wants to contribute to the vitality of the area's companies, to develop and protect it as much as possible. Vesa Alakärppä wants to meet entrepreneurs and connect entrepreneurs and the city.
- I'm easy to get along with and I'd like to help connect different actors, Alakärppä says.
Operations in the public sector are not as rigid as Alakärppäetukäteen thought. The city of Äänekoski has given him a first impression as a dynamic and fast-paced workplace, where things are done with courage and initiative. In the work of a business advisor, Alakärppä is fascinated by the versatility of the work and the endless opportunities for development - what's best, at the same time I can learn to develop all the time.
According to Alakärpä, the city's operations must be truly entrepreneur-friendly. He wants to do and develop activities based on what entrepreneurs wish for themselves and what kind of needs entrepreneurs need, such as opportunities and information. Now is a good moment to jointly clarify the activities of the goal-setter of business services.
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For more information:
Business advisor Vesa Alakärppä, 040 668 1978, vesa.alakarppa@aanekoski.fi
Business advisor Esa Lehmonen, 040 156 2583, esa.lehmonen@aanekoski.fi
News published 14.2.2023, modified 21.2.2023/14/06 at XNUMX:XNUMX