Elina Arponen

Serial entrepreneur since April 2017. Quicksave is a game startup that develops the best chat games in the new messaging platform.

Elina's previous startup Tribe Studios was acquired by the chat app Palringo where Elina worked as Head of Chat Games. Tribe Studios created the Dramagame technology that enables an innovative combination of chatting and gameplay. Before Tribe Studios Elina worked at Digital Chocolate. Elina has M.Sc in Computer Science and has been 5 years in the Board of Finnish Game Studios Association. Elina is currently in the board of Helsinki Games Capital.

Key words: games, chat, messaging, entrepreneurship, startups, project management, lean startup, leadership, agile methods, ROWE, multicultural communication, virtual teams, serious games, outsourcing & offshore work models, HTML5 / mobile / Facebook / PC technologies

I want to create epic experiences that change people's lives for the better.

Speaker history:

• 2019 - Pocket Gamer Connects, Helsinki
• 2019 - XMAS JKL, Jyväskylä, Finland
• 2018 - School of Startups by the Shortcut, Helsinki
• 2018 - Steam Talk Finland, Oslo
• 2018 - Pocket Gamer Connects, Helsinki
• 2018 - Casual Connect, London
• 2018 - Latitude59, Tallinn
• 2018 - Pocket Gamer Connects, London
• 2017 - Pocket Gamer Connects, Helsinki
• 2017 - School of Startups by the Shortcut, Helsinki
• 2016 - NFBAN event, Helsinki
• 2016 - Metropolia Entrepreneurship Society, Espoo
• 2015 - Startup Grind, Helsinki
• 2015 - Pocket Gamer Connects, Helsinki
• 2015 - Google Launchpad, Espoo
• 2015 - Assembly, Helsinki
• 2015 - Nordic Game, Malmö
• 2015 - Casual Connect, Amsterdam
• 2015 - Beatcon, Jyväskylä
• 2015 - eHealth fair, Helsinki
• 2014 - Nordic Digital Business Summit, Helsinki
• 2013 - StoryCode Forum, New York
• 2012 - Broadband World Forum, Amsterdam