Introducing Crush Speaker
Hanna Nyholm in an entrepreneur and investor by heritage with extensive experience in startups and company development, a business angel with a passion for empowering women to step up as founders, investors, and leaders; executive and mindset coach on a mission to create impact and lasting change.
A firm believer in multi-cultural, cross-border, and human interaction, Hanna has lived and worked internationally her entire life, with a dream to see more girls educated, more female founders given the possibility to create solutions, and more women seated at every tabl...
Big news!!
Planning Crush Event 2024 is going well, and we are super excited about the new programming and upgrades to the 2023 event.
We have already announced many of the speakers, and the Founders Networking Ticket, that gives even better opportunities for networking. More is to come!
Buy Your Ticket Now
Last year, our event was sold out, and many were left without a ticket. So for this year, we took a risk, and deiced to go with a bigger venue.
And tickets are selling like ice cream on a hot summer day! Buy your ticket now. Don't wait.
New Event Venue: Pörssitalo, the Stock Exch
...Watch the Crush 2023 event after movie and buy your ticket to the next event!
New in 2024! You asked for it - we created it.
One of the best things about any professional event is the opportunity to network.
Crush brings together rebel leaders; business founders, organizational leaders, thought-leaders, societal influencers and more, and we focus on the intersection of inspiration, business and equality.
You are invited to join us, and meet your next clients, investors/investments, partners or friends, and connect with rebel leaders you already know.
For 2024 we created a brand new way to connect for those who want more.
Networking like no other event offers...
Introducing Crush Speaker
Fatim Diarra is a member of the Parliament and she was the Chair of the City Council of Helsinki for two years prior starting in Parliament. Fatim chairs Naisasialiitto Unioni, the oldest feminist organization in Finland, and she is in the Board of Administration of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL).
As president of the Feminist Association Unioni , she led the preparations of the Oma Tahto 2020 citizens’ initiative for modernization of pregnancy termination. The citizens’ initiative led to changes in Finland's abortion legislation in 2022.
In the city council, Fati...
We are excited to introduce one of the Crush 2024 sponsors: Aspire Brands. Aspire Brands is a global strategic distribution agency in the beauty market. With seasoned expertise, Aspire Brands serve as a savvy guide, navigating brands through every phase of the retail cycle.
Two reasons why we are so thrilled that Aspire Brands is joining us at Crush:
1. AspireBrands will elevate the Crush experience in a super fun way.
You will just have to come and see it yourself! But let's just say you will be able to learn more about the company and their products in fun, unexpected ways.
Check out our new Videobot - full of YOUR videos from Crush Event 2023.
We hope you will love the little video player as much as we do! And if you do, we would love to feature more of our community members in the Videobot in the future.
You will find the Videobot in the bottom right corner of our site on the homepage and the event page, alluring you to click, and watch total of 23 videos from attendees of Crush 2023.
You can also view the videos here.
Thank you so much for everyone who took the time to shoot these videos at Crush!
The video production was provided by METES, t...
Osta ensi kevään Crush tapahtumaan lippu jo nyt Early Bird hinnalla!
Crush Event 2023 aloitti Innovation Home Kampin kesän 2023 puutarhabilekauden kun yli 300 ihmistä kokoontui 3.5. Innovation Home Kampin sisäpihalle kuulemaan kun Malka esiintyi ja nauttimaan Kallary Designin muotinäytöksestä.
Ja parasta tietysti oli mahtava seura!
Ensi vuoden Crush tapahtuma järjestetään 8.5.2024. Luvassa vielä enemmän ohjelmaa ja puhujia.
Osta Crush-lippu nyt Early Bird hintaan.
Crush is a new kind of business event for rebel leaders.
Crush was founded by thought-leaders Anna Pyykkö & Katja Presnal who own Female Founders Suomi and Insider Society communities for supporting business owners.
Crush Movement's vision is to make Finland the first country in the world, where the gender equality gap is closed. We influence the business world towards more equality and help female, immigrant, and marginalized people-owned companies grow.
Do you think diversity, equity, and inclusion are important for equality and human rights, but also needed for business growth?
We thin...
According to Finland-U.S. Economic Deep Dive 2023: Annual Survey of Jobs, Trade and Investment between Finland and the United States by Amcham Finland, the U.S. has surpassed Sweden as Finland’s largest trading partner.
Finnish goods exports to the U.S. grew 68% year-on-year, while services exports grew 9.7%. Since Amcham's first report in 2021, services trade has grown in the double digits every year.
Crush aims to help female and minority founders to grow their businesses with empowerment, inspiration and concrete action.
Our co-founder Katja Presnal has extensive work experience in the ...
Introducing Crush Event Speaker
Riina Laaksonen is the founder and CEO of Nordic Fit Mama. She is a mother of three children, entrepreneur, surfer and snowboarder. Riina has dedicated my (working) life to promoting the well-being of women and especially mothers.
Riina's interest in exercise for mothers stems from her own experiences and the fact that she herself made all possible mistakes when training after pregnancy. It inspired Riina to study to become a personal trainer specializing in maternity exercise.
Nordic Fit Mama has already coached 30,000 Finnish women, piloted internationally ...
Introducing Crush Event Speaker
Kristian Presnal is a 20-year-old Finnish-American photographer, videographer and visual artist. He currently works as a full-time videographer at Aalto University, and will continue at Aalto as a student in the autumn, studying design.
Kristian moved to Finland five years ago, after having lived in the United States, Sweden, and Canada. His international upbringing influenced his interest in structural and radical approaches to international relations and political philosophy. He studied Global Politics in the International Baccalaureate, and has participate...
