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The Kasvufoormi Strategy and Board Initiative is looking for hungry firms and experienced advisors to create growth and successes. Check it out at.
Dr.Groove's website has been opened: www.drgroove.fi
Videos of my 50-year "artist" celebration are available at http://vimeo.com/jyrkikontio
I have become a partner and member of the Advisory Board at Jenkatehdas: an online rock event streaming service. Check it out at www.jenkatehdas.fi or internationally: www.LiveMusicStage.com.
I explored Prezi and gave a talk on cloud computing from the perspective of the Board of Directors. Presentation is available here.
Kasvufoorumi (Growth Forum) is continuing well this year. One of its focus areas is the Strategy and Board Initiative: it will connect most promising software growth companies with most senior executives. A video summary of a recent workshop is available at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHN9h0vHHk
A video summary of a panel about the future of software industry in Finland.
The software business special interest group (Bisosy -- Ohjelmistoliiketoiminnan osaamisyhteisö) organized a panel -- in cooperation with Kasvufoorumi 10 -- on whether and how a small company can be a success story in software business. Here are the highlights of the panel (in Finnish only):

The third Growth Forum (Kasvufoorumi 08) event took place on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at hotel Crown Plaza (Mannerheimintie 50) in Helsinki. The final report of Growth Forum was handed to Minister of Employment and the Economy Mauri Pekkarinen and Minister of Transport and Communications Suvi Lindén. Download report: Kontio, Jyrki (Toim.), Kasvufoorumi 08 loppuraportti, Ohjelmistoyrittäjät ry, 2008.
News about Kasvufoorumi can be followed at http://www.ohjelmistoyrittajat.fi/toiminta/kasvufoorumi/
My presentation on kasvufoorumi 08 findings at the TTL chairmen meeting can be found under Content / Presentations and columns.
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