Antti Vilpponen is currently the CEO, Co-Founder and the father of the idea behind ArcticStartup. ArcticStartup is Northern Europe's most followed online media covering startups, investments, investors and trends in the areas of internet, mobile and software. ArcticStartup also organises events in the Nordics and Baltics to help entrepreneurs network and learn from each other.Antti is also currently working as an advisor with Kisko Ventures, a technology investment company. Previously Antti has worked with Gyllene Skor, a company he co-founded working in digital consulting and service design, as well as Apaja, a social gaming service where he worked as the sales director helping to triple their online consumer sales.
Antti blogs both at ArcticStartup and his own blog.
@vilpponen
Martin Ferro-Thomsen is the Co-Founder and Head of Communications of Issuu, a leading digital publishing platform for magazines and other 'rich' publications, today serving 2.6 billion monthly page views and over 33 million monthly readers. He has been invited to speak at several international events and conferences on topics such as new media, culture and technology. He holds an M.A. in Culture and Communications, is widely published in both academic and journalistic circles, and is quoted by a variety of international media, including Monocle and TechCrunch. He has edited, written and published in many formats, from academic journals to glossy tech mags, and is also an avid blogger.@ferrogate
http://www.ferrogate.com/
Michał Brański is a co-founder of o2.pl - a leading polish portal, an investor in SailFund and a successful squash player.
Krzysztof Kowalczyk - entrepreneur, strategy consultant and investor.Founder and Managing Partner with UBIK Business Consulting, Polish management consultancy with the focus on TMT companies and technology startups. Co-founded and invested in several startups – Enterplay.pl, Macoscope.net, ORIAQ.com, Cuberoot.pl and Codility.com.
Co-Founder and Partner with early-stage VC fund HardGamma Ventures.
Before starting his own company he worked for Procter&Gamble (UK and USA), Lycos Europe and McKinsey&Company. For several years he was MIS lecturer with Warsaw Executive MBA (Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota). In 2007 he co-founded leading Polish startup scene barcamp-type startup meetups, Aula Polska. Member of PTI, Mensa Poland and founding member of Internet Society (ISOC) Poland.
Bartek Gola is managing partner of SpeedUp Group. Entrepreneur and innovator. Co-author of several start ups. He was the founder BTL Group and TEQUILA \ Polska. Founder and chairman the first polish Advertising Group INDIGITY SA. Author of several scientific publications in the field of marketing and business strategies. Long-term President of the Polish Direct Marketing Association.
Bartek Pucek - project manager at Kreativ, advisor and mentor at Startup School. Working with great people on many projects including media2, szafa, finansowo and more. He reads a lot and shares things on Zen blog.@barticz
http://barticz.com
Artur Kurasiński is an serial entrepreneur and a free-lanced consultant in the field of New Media, IT and mobile communications. Artur is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Applied Social Studies.He is interested in multiplayer games (MMO), virtual worlds, electronic entertainment and communities. He created and developed a number of successful websites, e.g. Nuta.pl, Szufler.pl, Naturalniej.pl, Revolver Interactive (www.revolver.pl) and coauthors a start-up meeting called Aula Polska.
His entusiasm and commitment was awarded during WebStarFestival in 2006 and WebFestival in 2001. He cooperated with: Gadu Gadu, Agora, TPSA, PZU, Orlen, PEKAO, Unilever, Masterfoods, Red Bull, Microsoft and Polkomtel. He publishes regularly at: http://blog.kurasinski.com/.
Wife Magda, daugther Róża.
