About Pekka Viljakainen Blog

 
Pekka A. Viljakainen has spent the past 20 years as an ambassador between business executives and technology teams. With a background in engineering from the University of Technology Lappeenranta, Pekka began his career as an entrepreneur in 1986 by establishing Oy Visual Systems Ltd.

Thanks to his technical background and passion for business, Pekka has been one of the leading architects within Tieto for building a more efficient information society.  He is heavily involved in promoting the necessary preparations for a true revolution of services, and the strategic role of digitalization across Europe, Russia and China.  As a true partner for organizations in most industries, He has analyzed the fundamental changes in consumer behavior and their implications for corporate strategies in all information intensive businesses. 

The history of bulldozer nickname is pretty simple. Firstly Pekka Viljakainen (Pekka Seppovits Viljakainen in Russia) is pretty complex to pronounce. Secondly Pekka has a history to get quite complex things really to happen. And to get things done, it is not about quick miracles - only. It is about relentless energy, enough horsepowers and hard work - shared with your team.

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  • 21.10.2013 13:36

  • Bulldozer@ Skolkovo #11: No need to reinvent the wheel?
  • Many European companies have failed to generate organic growth. It’s not that growth isn’t important or that there isn’t any money to invest. The problem is that the methods used to guide a new innovation down the road from just an idea...
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  • 22.11.2012 12:35

  • Bulldozer@ Skolkovo #10: In a Sauna (сауна)
  • Friends, Like Mr Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) tweeted last week, it seems that everything important in Finland seems to start from Sauna. Yesterday and today 3000 start-up people around the world are gathering to Finland, to www.slush.fi event. This...
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  • 09.11.2012 12:29

  • What can leaders learn from the young startup lions?
  • Lack of financing is not the biggest obstacle preventing the creation of new companies any where in this world. New companies rarely sprout up in capital-heavy industries these days, so the winner is no longer the one who has tens of millions to throw...
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  • 26.6.2012 12:22

  • BB @ Skolkovo #7: Thank YOU!
  • Dear Friends, Establishment of true entrepreneurship society is not something, which can be created overnight. Neither it is something, what anyone can force to happen. In entrepreneurship society, fully networked entrepreneurs and their ideas/teams...
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  • 05.6.2012 11:23

  • BB @ Skolkovo #5: Are you Ready?
  • In connection of massive St. Petersburg Economic Forum 2012 http://2012.forumspb.com/ Skolkovo Foundation is doing many things to introduce all our start-ups to the 3000 VIP persons at forum (from 120 countries). We will also celebrate our 500th Skolkovo...
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  • 27.4.2012 6:16

  • BB @ Skolkovo #4: Making our companies visible to the world
  • As it was told in my earlier blogs, it is time to get all our 400 Skolkovo start-up companies to show to the world their teams, achievements and plans. Naturally all companies have some trade secrets and issues which can not be told (at this phase of...
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  • 12.3.2012 7:51

  • BB @ Skolkovo #2: My first sessions with clusters and entrepreneurs

  • During past weeks I have started sessions with a Skolkovo start-up companies (so far with IT, Biotech and Energy-clusters). Without any over-statement, I am impressed about the pipeline of ideas, companies and entrepreneurs. It is true that whole Skolkovo...
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  • 11.3.2012 13:24

  • BB @ Skolkovo #1: Building Skolkovo Entrepreneurship Society
  • REF: With this press release , I became an advisor for the president of Skolkovo. My task in Skolkovo Foundation is clear. I want to use all my learnings, failures, connections and energy to support Skolkovo start-up entrepreneurs to GROW...
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