Explaining the concept of Slush

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1. Slush Helsinki International startup expo and conference   Nov 21-22. 2012 slush.fi
2. “One of Europe’s Hottest Startup Capitals” - Wired, 2011 Nov 21-22. 2012 slush.fi
3. Helsinki is already an international startup destination. Be it Silicon Valley, London, Moscow or Shanghai, investors and industry are curious about Helsinki. Slush Helsinki Slush Helsinki gives the world a venue to meet some of Northern Europe and Russia’s most exciting startups every November.   Nov 21-22. 2012
4. A Gateway to the Arctic Rim Slush 2011 in numbers: 2 days, 1500 participants, 25 keynotes, 50 demo stands, 16 countries represented, 15 international venture capital investors, over 150 startups and hundreds of pitches.    
5. http://www.twitter.com/ SlushHelsinki Nov 21-22. 2012 slush.fi
6. Organized since 2008, Slush Helsinki has become the leading startup conference in Northern Europe. We bring together the best startups of the Nordic region and Russia, top venture capitalists from Europe and Silicon Valley, angel investors, talented students and tech industry professionals to dark and wet Helsinki for two fast and furious days of learning, meeting, inspiring, making deals and shaking hands. •  Product launches •  Investment opportunities •  Tech talks •  Founder stories •  Networking & recruiting •  Helsinki pride Nov 21-22. 2012 slush.fi
7. Food for thought. Slush Main Stage’s program is packed with keynotes, demos, product launches and founder insights. Past speakers include e.g. Mårten Mickos, Ilja Laurs, Mikael Hed, Risto Siilasmaa and Rich Wong. (Picture from 2011)  
8. Pitch-galore. SLUSH100 is a live pitching competition for a hundred pre-selected startups from Finland, Russia and the Baltics – that’s the biggest pitching competition we’ve heard of! In 2011, Ovelin (pictured) won SLUSH100 and a 10,000€ check.
9. Bring the money, we supply the startups. Every year, a number of big VC firms from Accel Partners to Index Ventures frequent Slush as well as dozens of the region’s angel investors – making the conference excellent for startups’ networking, feedback and visibility.
10. From Helsinki with love. Slush is a community-driven, volunteer- based get-together for startups – a world class production with an open source mentality. We value the relaxed atmosphere and ability to bump into literally anyone – there are no VIP rooms and the mix and depth of participants is truly unique.
11. Slush Helsinki 2012 November 21-22 @ Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki http://www.slush.fi http://facebook.com/slushhelsinki http://twitter.com/slushhelsinki