17 November 2026 03:00PM-10:00PM CETHotel Hobo & Restaurant Nokka (UTC+02:00)

Welcome to Founders Workshop & Dinner in Helsinki, Finland!

We warmly welcome you to Founders Founders Workshop, on November 17, 2026, at 3 PM am at Hotel Hobo in Helsinki, followed by Founders Dinner at Restaurant Nokka.

This Founders Growth Workshop and optional Founders Dinner will offer valuable insights for all participants in their exchange with peer group large-scale founders. Please select your degree of participation by registering now. 

Warm welcome!

Overview

Participants. Founders Alliance Members, and personally invited Founders Guests.

Exclusive Afternoon Workshop & Dinner

  • For Invited Guest Founders: 3,500 SEK (320 €), inclusive of workshop, food and drinks
  • Discounted price of 3000 SEK for Founders Friend Members
  • ✅ Included for Founders Alliance Ambassador and Entry Members

Founders Growth Workshop: A workshop for founders to connect and explore key areas of company development. Share experiences, discuss challenges, and opportunities for scaling and sustaining businesses, with input from peer founders on growth, investments, impact, and ownership. 

Venue: Hobo Hotel

Founders Dinner: Following an inspiring afternoon of workshops and one-to-one meetings, we invite you to join us for the Founders Dinner, an intimate and relaxed evening designed exclusively for founders of large-scale companies.

Venue: Restaurant Nokka.

    Program (UTC+02:00)

    02:45 PM

    Registration

    Please arrive on time to make the most of the event.

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    Hobo Hotel, Kluuvikatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    03:00 PM

    Welcoming and Introductory Speakers

    Welcoming to Founders Alliance by Niclas Carlsson, followed by short insights from today’s inspiring speakers.

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    Hobo Hotel, Kluuvikatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    03:40 PM

    Select one of the following workshops

    Each participating founder select the round table of preference for the round table. TBD.

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    Hobo Hotel, Kluuvikatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

    Founders General Growth Workshop

    General round table exchange on each participating founders´challenge or opportunity for input by the peer founders around the table incl.

    1. Short intro on each participant (entrepreneurial background)

    2. Exchange on challenge/opportunity one founder at the time and input by others for further growth

    Founders Growth Workshop more info

    A growth workshop to introduce founders to each other and dive deep into key areas of company development. The focus will be on exchange between participants' challenges and opportunities to scale and sustain businesses. Each of you will receive input and share experiences of your growth, including your operative companies and other engagements (investments, impact, and ownership) with input from others.

    Agenda

    1. Participant Introductions : Each participant will have time to introduce themselves

    3. Exchange on Key Challenges: One participant at the time, explain their number one challenge or opportunity for which they seek input from other founders.

    Examples of Areas Covered in Earlier Founders Growth Workshops:

    • How to lead distributed organisations including merged/acquired companies
    • How to scale internationally and the role of the founder
    • Other ownership and engagements, such as investments in other firms
    • The business of doing good: our broader impact engagements within or outside our commercial companies
    • New innovation and what keeps me happy with entrepreneurship as a means: personal balance, health.
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    Hobo Hotel, Kluuvikatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    05:00 PM

    Key Conclusions & Founders Exchange

    Key take aways from round tables & plenum exchange and short on Founders Alliance updates and future: Niclas Carlsson

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    Hobo Hotel, Kluuvikatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    05:30 PM

    Founders Networking

    Networking all founders participating - open to 1-1 exchange

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    Hobo Hotel, Kluuvikatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    06:45 PM

    Walk to Restaurant Nokka

    Walk from Hobo to Nokka
    07:15 PM

    Founders Dinner

    3-course dinner with options for both alcohol-free and alcohol-based drinks. Matched seating at Restaurant Nokka.

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    Restaurant Nokka, Kanavaranta 7 F, 00160 Helsinki
    10:00 PM

    Thank you!

    Founders Alliance at a Glance

    Founders Alliance was established in 2001 by Niclas Carlsson. Today Founders Alliance is a premium collaborative business forum for founders of large-scale corporations, owners of international growth companies and engaged in multiple social impact initiatives around the globe.

    Founders Alliance facilitates a platform for collaboration for founders (members) incl. Founders Groups, one-to-one introductions, closed online communities, international business trips and events (hybrid). 

    The Founders World Summit, which is the annual culmination delivered for the 13th time, September 29-30 20267interlinked with the 26th Founders Awards Gala September 30, 20267at Berns Hotel in Stockholm.

    Its membership comprises over 300 high performing founders owning over 3000 companies in all parts of the world stretching across all industries and areas of expertise. 

    The core of Founders Alliance is independent from state funding, financial actors, advisory firms and academic institutions.

    For membership requests please contact niclas.carlsson@foundersalliance.com.