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The finalists of Polar Bear Pitching have been announced

The semi-finals of Polar Bear Pitching started one and half hours late, because the ice hole where entrepreneurs were supposed to be pitching from, was frozen solid during the night. This is indeed the coldest Polar Bear Pitching in the history of the event, but it doesn’t stop these crazy entrepreneurs from piching from a frozen sea.   Today 6 new companies earned their place in the pitching...

The most chilling Polar Bear Pitching in history starts today

Oulu, Finland enjoys a pleasant breeze of -20 Celsius, a temperature that makes water freeze before it hits the ground. This is not stopping Polar Bear Pitching from happening. It’s just bigger and colder than ever before.   Polar Bear Pitching is famous for its finals, where entrepreneurs pitch from a hole, carved in the frozen Baltic sea. There is no time limit for your pitch, you can speak...

Pitching from an ice hole - a perfect example of Finnish innovation

What is the scariest stage you have been on? This is a question Finns are giving an easy answer to once again this February. Polar Bear Pitching is a unique pitching event in that there is no time limit for your speech, but you have to do it while standing waist deep in a hole carved to the frozen Baltic Sea. Finns like to describe their attitude towards life with one word, sisu. Sisu stands for...

Oulu-based company takes Polar Bear Pitching competition seriously - hired a world champion in winter swimming

This year Polar Bear Pitching competition is searching even bigger visibility around the world. So is also Oulu-based company QuietOn who is putting lots of effort on global visibility. The company who invented active noise canceling earplugs has now decided to take part in home town’s own show Polar Bear Pitching, and its "Dark Bear” semifinals. QuietOn is making it properly: They have hired a...