Van-ki on ammattirakentajia palveleva tekninen kauppa, joka tarjoaa asiakkailleen kattavan valikoiman kiinnitystarvikkeita, työkaluja ja rakennustarvikkeita. Yhtiö toimittaa tuotteet nopealla rahdilla asiakkaan työmaalle jo saman päivän aikana. Van-kin lisäksi konserniin kuuluu Suomen Kiinnikekeskus Oy, Safirma Oy sekä KOPADI OY konserni. Kopadi on erikoistunut timantti- ja purkutuotteisiin omalla tuotemerkillään sekä pölyn- ja kosteudenhallinnan tuotteisiin brändillään Strong.Toiminnan… Show more Van-ki on ammattirakentajia palveleva tekninen kauppa, joka tarjoaa asiakkailleen kattavan valikoiman kiinnitystarvikkeita, työkaluja ja rakennustarvikkeita. Yhtiö toimittaa tuotteet nopealla rahdilla asiakkaan työmaalle jo saman päivän aikana. Van-kin lisäksi konserniin kuuluu Suomen Kiinnikekeskus Oy, Safirma Oy sekä KOPADI OY konserni. Kopadi on erikoistunut timantti- ja purkutuotteisiin omalla tuotemerkillään sekä pölyn- ja kosteudenhallinnan tuotteisiin brändillään Strong.Toiminnan keskeisenä kilpailuetuna on syvälle juurtunut asiakaskeskeisyys, joka näkyy kaikessa yhtiön toiminnassa ketterästä asiakaspalvelusta nopeisiin toimituksiin sekä valikoimaan, jolla palvellaan kaikki mahdolliset työmaiden välittömät tarpeet.Snowball Growth Partners tulee tukemaan konsernin digitalisaatiota ja kasvua yhdessä konsernin pääomistajan Sponsor Capital kanssa. Show less

The Snowball Growth Partners helps to accelerate digitally driven retailers and consumer brands to the next phase of growth by providing an infusion of capital, strategy and hands-on expertise.We focus on Finland based scalable ecommerce companies mostly with significant international market potential. Our target companies possess a clear competitive advantage and their value creation is driven by digital commerce and customer acquisition.The Snowball team consists of Mika… Show more The Snowball Growth Partners helps to accelerate digitally driven retailers and consumer brands to the next phase of growth by providing an infusion of capital, strategy and hands-on expertise.We focus on Finland based scalable ecommerce companies mostly with significant international market potential. Our target companies possess a clear competitive advantage and their value creation is driven by digital commerce and customer acquisition.The Snowball team consists of Mika Syrenius, Leevi Parsama and Nicolas Fogelholm. The team has a solid hands-on background in ecommerce, international growth, investing and exits. Show less

Digital commerce related private equity investments, keynotes and management consulting.

Levykauppa Äx is the largest record shop chain in the Nordics with ten stores and worldwide web shop.

Snowball Growth Partners teams up with Lilja the Label, a sustainable swimwear brand designed for women.Lilja The Label, spearheaded by the remarkable young entrepreneur, Laura Saarinen, has demonstrated an extraordinary journey in establishing the brand. In just a few short years, Laura and her talented team have built the brand, crafted a stunning collection, developed a robust e-commerce platform, devised innovative customer acquisition strategies, efficiently managed administration,… Show more Snowball Growth Partners teams up with Lilja the Label, a sustainable swimwear brand designed for women.Lilja The Label, spearheaded by the remarkable young entrepreneur, Laura Saarinen, has demonstrated an extraordinary journey in establishing the brand. In just a few short years, Laura and her talented team have built the brand, crafted a stunning collection, developed a robust e-commerce platform, devised innovative customer acquisition strategies, efficiently managed administration, and successfully expanded their international presence. Their remarkable accomplishments have been recognized on a global scale, with features in prestigious publications such as Vogue, Elle, and Tatler. Impressively, over half of their revenue is generated through international sales. Show less

Veke specializes in sales of furniture and interior design products with strong digital channels and shops in Rovaniemi, Oulu, Espoo and Tampere.Veke is a portfolio-company of Snowball Growth Partners with Sentica Partners as the main owner.

VIPstore is specialized in pet foods and supplies with strong own brands such as Rokka, Probooster, Jämpti and Kivalo. Company also has several D2C channels such as VIPstore.fi, DreamPetStore.com and PetNap.fi.

Dick Johnson web shop and barber shop chain is the meanest and coolest company for men’s cosmetics and grooming in Finland - and increasingly in Germany.

NS Brands Group is specialized in fitness, eBike and sports retail. Fast growth from 1M€ revenue in 2016 to +37M€ in 2022 has been achieved by highly talented digital commerce capabilities, creation and development of great own sports brands as well as by strategic M&A's and internalization.

DLA is a menswear brand built on the principles of style, quality, fit and aesthetics. Products represent the high Italian quality and craftsmanship and Scandinavian simplicity and functionality. DLA products are subtle yet refined. There are no striking brand tags or logos.

Kauppalehti is the largest business publication in Finland. I blog on business, entrepreneurship, management and eCommerce for Kauppalehti editorial blog.Find my posts here: https://blog.kauppalehti.fi/blogaajat/mika-niemi

Board member in the biggest employers union in Finland. The board consist of the biggest CEO's in the business: http://kauppa.fi/liitto/hallitusTrade union's mission is to lobby for reasonable regulations of trade and to ensure the best possible operating conditions for commerce in Finland.I aim to represent eCommerce and SME sector to build a better society for all of us whether you are employer or employee.

Edututor Oy is part of Bygghemma Group listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap. We have a dozen of web shops throughout Fenno-Scandinavia. We specialize in niché segments and localization rather than globalization.Our shops: Grillikauppa.com, eGrillen.se, Grillikaubad.ee, Griliuprekes.lt, Grilapreces.lv, Paista.fi, Paista.se, Paista.com, LED-valot.fi, eLampan.seEdututor has ranked as fastest growing web shop in Finland 2015 and as Financial Times FT1000: Europe's Fastest Growing… Show more Edututor Oy is part of Bygghemma Group listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap. We have a dozen of web shops throughout Fenno-Scandinavia. We specialize in niché segments and localization rather than globalization.Our shops: Grillikauppa.com, eGrillen.se, Grillikaubad.ee, Griliuprekes.lt, Grilapreces.lv, Paista.fi, Paista.se, Paista.com, LED-valot.fi, eLampan.seEdututor has ranked as fastest growing web shop in Finland 2015 and as Financial Times FT1000: Europe's Fastest Growing Companies in 2017. Edututor was founded in 2010 and, since then until 2018, has had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 37 percent. Show less

Stoorla is an online shopping center that combines different shopkeepers and their stores specializing in home and beauty products.

I provide board level executive coaching for selected clients and keynote speeches on business, entrepreneurship and eCommerce.References include companies such as: Varusteleka, Levykauppa Äx, Dick Johnson, Poppamies, eKansio and High Peak.

I work with ALVin.fi as a partner and founding innovator.ALVin.fi is new innovative yet simple solution for small business accounting. It works like this:- Take a picture of your receipt- Insert cost, "type" and VAT%- Accounting, Financial Statements, VAT and tax statements are done automagically and sent to your emailNo extra costs, no separate accountant, half the cost!

"Menesty Yrittäjänä" is a book on Entrepreneurial Success. It consists of 68 academically proven success factors on success in SME's.Writers Antti Sekki (Phd in entrepreneurship, Principal Lecturer) and Mika Niemi (entrepreneur and former researcher) are former colleagues in management consulting and have total record of consulting over 600 companies.In the book there are practical short commentaries from Taneli Tikka, Ville Tolvanen, Henri Nyström, Riku Rantala and many… Show more "Menesty Yrittäjänä" is a book on Entrepreneurial Success. It consists of 68 academically proven success factors on success in SME's.Writers Antti Sekki (Phd in entrepreneurship, Principal Lecturer) and Mika Niemi (entrepreneur and former researcher) are former colleagues in management consulting and have total record of consulting over 600 companies.In the book there are practical short commentaries from Taneli Tikka, Ville Tolvanen, Henri Nyström, Riku Rantala and many others. Show less

I worked five years as a management consultant at Hoffrén Consultancy. I coached clients on management, strategy, marketing, social media and IT. I was also trainer on Managing Director, Marketing Director, Growth Company courses and on Executive MBA modules.My clients were entrepreneurs, Managing Directors, CEO's and other business executives who face challenges on:- creating and implementing business strategies,- developing and managing sales and marketing,- managing and… Show more I worked five years as a management consultant at Hoffrén Consultancy. I coached clients on management, strategy, marketing, social media and IT. I was also trainer on Managing Director, Marketing Director, Growth Company courses and on Executive MBA modules.My clients were entrepreneurs, Managing Directors, CEO's and other business executives who face challenges on:- creating and implementing business strategies,- developing and managing sales and marketing,- managing and motivating employees or- developing processes and IT systems.I helped my clients to achieve their goals by offering- management consulting,- executive training,- strategic IT consulting and- project management. Show less

I've worked as a lecturer on International Executive MBA for SME Managers program. The program is held by Nyenrode Business Universiteit which is ranked by Financial Times (2011) as the world's best eMBA Business School with respect to career success.I've been the lecturer on modules/blocks related to marketing, processes, IT and technology. These topics have contained methodologies such as Lean, TOC, CCPM, Scrumm, CMMi etc.

Microsofts Dynamics AX ERP system development and implementation as well as business development with respect to changes in the customers processes due to new ERP system.My main challenge was to manage projects in international environment.

School of Economics and Administration / Entrepreneurship EducationAim of the project was to provide a new proactive and innovative solution for designing a simulation tool with intelligent systems for learning business planning. As a result we developed a new, non-linear, five-phase, two-layer configuration model and an intelligent soft computing simulation tool for learning business planning. This simulation tool applies fuzzy linguistic variables, fuzzy rule sets, fuzzy reasoning… Show more School of Economics and Administration / Entrepreneurship EducationAim of the project was to provide a new proactive and innovative solution for designing a simulation tool with intelligent systems for learning business planning. As a result we developed a new, non-linear, five-phase, two-layer configuration model and an intelligent soft computing simulation tool for learning business planning. This simulation tool applies fuzzy linguistic variables, fuzzy rule sets, fuzzy reasoning, neural networks and genetic algorithms. Show less