Ps. My family member works at Nokia so this is "biased" marketing fun....
January 10, 2012
October 09, 2010
Brändikäs, my new book Brandcat finally out!
Dear international friends,
I am deeply sorry for being so quiet for months and months! I was searching my "Finnish voice" by writing my first book Brändikäs or Brandikas. It is a whole new kind of business entertainment book! It is a true story and a bold manifesto, told in a sarcastic and witty way.
Brändikäs is just being published by Talentum, the largest professional publisher of law and business books in Finland.
My book Brandikas reveals what happens behind the curtains of the most iconic Finnish design companies, such as Marimekko, Iittala and Artek.
I am not just writing juicy gossip, sooner I try to capture the fierce spirit of intern politics inside the compananies and describe the battles of product development.
For example I have been named as the girl who raped the Alvar Aalto vase as i pushed iittala to renew the famous Aalto vase, one of the most famous design products in the world.
Also, I am doing the Finnish or perhaps even world record in name dropping. In Brandikas you will find the legendary figures of Finnish business elite, top politicians and internationally acknowledged Finnish designers.
Moreover, Brandikas tells also briefly the story of Dopplr, an online service for frequent travellers I co-founded in 2007 with Matt Biddulph, Matt Jones, Dan Gilmor and my then boyfriend Marko Ahtisaari. Dopplr's story is a tale of internet warriors who try to beat the web gigants like Facebook by focusing on the values and respect towards the users.
Check out the invitations to the Brandikas book launch here.
The english, swedish and german edition of Brandikas, or Brandcat will come out in 2011.
Photo: Twitpic Vianiipola.
September 04, 2010
April 12, 2010
Brändikäs, my new book coming out on October, 12th, 2010
The green "wanna-be" writer laughing at herself. Photo: Lehtikuva
Talentum, the Finnish business publisher is the printing house for my new, "business entertainment" book Brändikäs, that comes out in October, 2010.
What is "Brändikäs"?
Brändikäs is a mix of words brand & mediasexy. It does not refer to the plundering smile above, but to the fact that controlling brands is dead. Your company, your product or service has to inspire, stand out in an original way and to be constantly newsworthy.
In the BABBLE ECONOMY, all you (your product, service) can do is to "sail along the winds of conversation and constant attention world cup". Fascinating rhetorics and sustainable values count.
