Creative services for creative companies

The Centre for Cultural Entrepreneurship provides services to creative sector companies in the Turku city-centre. We offer a wide range of services to both new and experienced companies in Southwest Finland. Our services to the creative sector include assistance, various educational services, pre-incubator services for university students, and extensive networking services for businesses. Our services are available to all entrepreneurs and creative operators. Call us and ask what we can offer to you.
The Centre for Cultural Entrepreneurship is based on co-operation. It is run by the unit of cultural management at the Humak University of Applied Sciences and supported by a broad network of operators. Our partners include the Turku region business service centre Potkuri, the Turku Regional Centre Programme, the Development Centres of Southwest Finland, the higher education institutions in Turku, the Employment and Economic Development Centre, the Capital of Culture 2011, the Regional Council of Southwest Finland and, most importantly, our active partner companies in the cultural entrepreneur network of Southwest Finland. The events we arrange cover the whole of Southwest Finland. For information about upcoming events, visit "kalenteri". Come meet other professionals!
The Centre for Cultural Entrepreneurship aims at a creative Southwest Finland with a competitive and profitable field of creative sector companies. We promote entrepreneurship and help create profitable business operations in the creative sector without forgetting why culture is created in the first place. Let’s create and operate together!

Assistance

Do you have a creative idea?Do you want the freedom to realise your vision? Are you interested in entrepreneurship?
We provide assistance to new entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative industries. We assist in testing preliminary business ideas and in developing established ideas into a business plan — or even further.
Do you want to develop your company?
Are you looking for new markets for your company? Do you want to develop your business operations? Are you in need of commercialisation services or paths to international operations? Are you looking for someone to continue your business operations?
Through guidance discussions, we help in developing the operations of creative sector companies. We will help you analyse the current situation of your company and suggest further actions.
Our assistance services are available to entrepreneurs free of charge.

Networking services

Are you looking for partners or creative operators? Do you want your event to be arranged by operators capable of managing large projects?
We provide co-operation opportunities, markets, and expert services for creative companies: come join the network of over a hundred companies to experience, learn, develop, and co-operate.
Creative buyers are offered professional business services: whatever the creative service or product you need, we will find a company in our network to provide it!
The Culture Company Network is a forum for active co-operation where professional companies can meet and create new operating models together. If you need services provided by a company in the network or a product, event or services that the companies have produced together, contact us. We will find a suitable solution.
Come join the network