Ready to invade

Handbrake on?

@StartupSauna demo day was A.W.E.S.O.M.E!

@invaasio congratulates all winners @Advacam, @iJudgeFights and @Goalshouter! You made an exellent effort in Sauna, and so did the other teams as well!

Our stand

Our audience

@invaasio had a blast filming

The team and product video combo was showed on Demo Day, and we received a ton of praises how good the video was. Well to let you all know, the time and effort put in the video was enormous! Thank you Henriikka and Tuukka!

The video is going to be on the internet as soon as we get our product out, just hang in there you will see it again! ;)

Tuukka performing (Look at the rigging of the camera)

Scripting

Sadness

Feels kind of sad to see you all go, but I’m sure we will meet again somewhere… sooner or later.

It was really nice to get to know you all, and for non Startup Sauna readers go check out these…

Awesome startups:

Adduplex - Crosspromoting in Windows Mobile apps(Maybe we’ll use them soon =),

Advacam - Color X-Ray camera developers,

Asqella - Security camera bar none,

Edukoala - Is teaching us languages in not so boring way,

GoalShouter - Be your own judge in football(soccer) games,

Goodbuzz - Modern day grapevine for marketing,

iJudgeFights - Wrong decision by the officials? Do something about it,

infogr.am - Interactive infographics for dummies, you will see a lot of these soon,

Jet Taxi - If you been to russia and used a cab, you know this app is necessary,

Kiitos Technologies - Making internet videos interactive,

Metrify - They will make us all addicted to games,

MNE Creations - Gives us a reason to learn… Play =),

Monsavile - I want a shirt that fits me, don’t you?,

Newergy - Saves us money by adding weather prediction to energy production,

Nordic Hug - A safe, cleaning hug for all our dirty gadgets,

Omyconf - DIgital layer to business events for better interaction,

Presefy - They remove the annoying problem of incompatible tech in presentations,

Wishop - U wish, they show you where to get it,

Zennis - Andre Agassi watch out!

Well it’s all over now… or is it?

I think it was Chris from Ovelin who told us it feels like a handbrake is pulled on after Sauna and it sure feels like it, espesially now when the summer is here.

Well the summer is really here and everything sort of halts here in Finland during the holiday season, and it feels stupid even to try to meet people as every meeting is scheduled weeks away… Maybe we should consider a summer vacation ourselves. =)

Thank You Startup Sauna and all the other teams we miss you!

- Of to new adventures -

Eye of the beholder

Design

Couple of Quotes from Wikipedia:

“(noun) a specification of an object, manifested by an agent, intended to accomplish goals, in a particular environment, using a set of primitive components, satisfying a set of requirements, subject to constraints;(verb, transitive) to create a design, in an environment (where the designer operates)^[3]”

That is a definition of the noun “design”, here’s another one:

“Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system (as in architectural blueprints,engineering drawing, business process, circuit diagrams and sewing patterns) while “to design” (verb) refers to making this plan.^[1] No generally-accepted definition of “design” exists,^[2] and the term has different connotations in different fields (see design disciplines below). However, one can also design by directly constructing an object (as in pottery, engineering, management,cowboy coding and graphic design).”

Needless to say, defining design is almost impossible, so how can one even think of accomplishing the act of design itself?

Thanks to Duncan Lamb we are even more confused now. Everyone (sort of) knows good design when they see or use it, but how many of us can really manage to create a good design.

I personally think that design is something that combines form and function and ads a touch of aesthetics to the mix. If we simplify the types of design to just simple and ugly vs. complex and beautiful, it’s not easy to choose even from these two options, and to make things more difficult there is no right or wrong answers.

In real life the paths that we take affect design, right from the start of what-ever-we-are-building, even if we know it or not. In most cases I think that the selections are made unconsciously. And if they really are, how much better products would we have, if the design was made in a conscious way and by a true design professional?

Simplified

Inspired by Duncan Lamb and Ramine Darabiha, we are going to redesign our service right from the core. That means more work for us, but now we have a laser sharp focus on the MVP (Minimum Viable Product, in this case).

When we get the vision that we have online, we have a winner in our hands.

Our customers will tell us eventually if we were right or wrong, and before that there is really no other way of knowing for sure. Although I’m sure they will love it!

The one thing that is sure, is that our team can be really proud of putting some effort to designing something simple and beautiful!

- If life is like a box of chocolates, your startup does not have to be -

Couple of degrees from apex

Week 2

This week was short but intensive. Mayday and all…

The most memorable events were Aape’s near perfect lecture on persuasion, Juha “The Drill Sergeant” Ruohonen’s shocking truth about VC-Funding and of course the Silicon Valley team announcements!

We were not one of the “lucky” one’s to get on the trip to the promised land, and I must say that the moment probably weren’t optimal for our startup to go to the Valley. This is something I regret not admitting straight forward in todays KTSO session.

We are super happy for our teams who got the chance, and truly hope that something big and wonderful spawns out of the trip, in near future, if not immediately.

Life goes on and I’m personally ready to admit that we are couple degrees from the apex.

Are we live?

Yes we are!

The site is up… and running. Go and check it out immediately!

http://invaas.io

Send comments, feature requests and questions to feedback@invaas.io

- Keep on running -

Never been to a sauna for 1 week before

Soft landing

The first week of #invaasio ‘s #StartupSauna has passed, I am surprised how important our (all of the teams) well being is to these guys, and how much effort they are willing to put in to us!

Never ever have I seen such a commitment made towards us or me personally, and we don’t want to let these people down by not giving our best in return.

We won’t go too deep in to the weeks program besides that it has been super educational, inspiring, demanding (at times) and giving. And other people have covered enough about the Natalie’s super awesome strawberry cook off! :)

Thank You Ville, Antti, Natalie, Mike and Juha and all the other people especially our coaches! You encourage us in our journey, and demand a pace not (yet) normal to us.  =)

Offtopic end quote

When people are going to ask that, if our team will ever break, or if our startup will fail or prevail, I’ll let people know…

…That already 10 years ago

Mikko had the attitude…

…And I knew what the customer wanted!

- I think it’s 1. of may I soon? -

Heat is on.

Exiting times!

We are waiting for a big announcement concerning our future.

Let’s see what the future brings in the startup scene here in Finland.

Can’t wait… =)