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There's an unassuming warehouse next to a car park in theHelsinki suburb of Espoo, belonging to Aalto University. Up until afew years ago, it was used to stockpile hand sanitiser, to be usedin the event of a H5N1 Bird Flu outbreak. Now, however, it's hometo a huge community of entrepreneurs from across NorthernEurope. The Aalto Venture Garage is aco-working space for hackers and startups from all across theNordics and Baltics. It has 700 square metres of open space whereanyone -- even those who aren't Finnish, or aren't a student atAalto University -- can work on entrepreneurial projects. It was founded two years back, after a group of students at Aalto University visited MIT fora class trip. Their eyes were opened by the culture of start-ups atthe University, and wanted to set something similar up in Helsinki-- which had until then been somewhat anti-entrepreneurial. Twoyears later, it's one of the largest student groups in Europe, withpartnerships with Stanford and cities across Russia and theBaltics. The team scouted out property belonging to the University toidentify a suitable site, and found the warehouse. After convincingthe authorities to let them use it, they set about customising itfor its purpose -- with almost everything in the space designed bya student.

A weighty NHL 16 Coins internet connection was installed, along witha coffee machine. "Everything you need to start a company!" saysNatalie Gaudet, a Canadian student who now works at the Garage.</p><p>Gaudet helps to run Startup Sauna, a non-profit seed acceleratorprogramme funded by the University, which scours cities likeTalinn, St Petersburg, Moscow andNovosibirsk twice ayear for promising young teams who have a great idea for a companybut need a push. 15 to 20 are selected to come back to the Garagefor an intensive six-week training programme, complete with officespace, accomodation, and coaching from a selection of successfullocal entrepreneurs. After the six-week period is up, the teams are assessedand the top three are offered seed money of 5,000 euros, officespace for six months (after which the teams are encouraged to "getout into the real world", says Gaudet), and even given theopportunity to fly to Silicon Valley, or anywhere else in theUnited States, to forge connections out there."We lookat both the team and the idea," said Gaudet.